GL - virus alert

[G.R.Rhine]

Afan here, with my list admin hat on.

	Let me start by saying, I don't approve of virus warnings on the 
list, but this one is real. If you are not on any other lists within 
Ansteorra, you may not have heard, but someone is attempting to 
spread a virus. 

	I received a response to one of my posts, and found an 
attachment. Fortunately I have a healthy paranoia when it comes to 
receiving files on the Internet, so I double checked with the 
apparent sender, and found that he had not sent a file of any kind. 

	If you receive a file, even if it is from someone you know, do 
not, I repeat DO NOT open it, unless you are completely sure you 
KNOW it was sent to you. It only takes a few minutes to double 
check with the person who supposedly sent the file... but it is a few 
minutes well spent.

	The file I was sent was called panther.exe. However I also 
received an e-mail this weekend, from a computer security 
consultant friend of mine, who said he had the same thing (his 
looked as though it had come from his OWN account, again as a 
response to a post he had made earlier), only with a different 
name. If in doubt, check it out!

For more information about viruses and virus hoaxes, please see 
the following.... oh and bookmark them. They are important.


http://www.cert.org/advisories
http://kumite.com/myths/
http://ntbugtraq.ntadvice.com/safemail.asp

Safe Computing...
   ~Afan~
G.R.Rhine
e-mail: PenGwen at ticnet.com
http://users.ticnet.com/StoneCircle/
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