Beware the "Fatal Four" of Email Viruses & README.EXE While our mailing lists are somewhat protected from most viruses by a built-in size limitation, I thought it was important to warn y'all about a new virus. Viruses can slip through from any apparent sender, with any subject, and any attachment name. You may be seeing warnings about a new, fast-spreading virus in an attachment called README.EXE. If you have received this 'readme.exe' email, just delete it. If you have opened the attachment, please look below for instructions. Oh, and of course -- thanks to Microsoft... You can get and distribute this virus simply by opening an infected email in Outlook... <sigh>. Best you can do is update your antivirus programs, folks, and use common sense in opening attachments. ALSO, and this is a twist -- it can infect web servers. If you visit a web page that asks you to download a file called README.EXE, README.EML, or README.HTM (or README.HTML)... Don't open that either -- it's the same virus. The best way to protect yourself is to remember the "Fatal Four" of email attachments: any attachment whose name ends with .vbs, .exe, .com, and .reg could contain a virus, and it's usually best not to open any attachment you didn't specifically request. For more information: http://vil.nai.com/vil/virusSummary.asp?virus_k=99209 http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.nimda.a@mm.html -Dave |