Re: [alfa] Alfacybersite virus notice

[Richard Welty <rwelty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 11:48:40 -0700 alfacybersite <acs@domain.elided> wrote:
> I hope none of you have received these idiotic notices.

this is really kind of offtopic, so i'll keep it short.

the current generation of viruses is getting better and better
at the art of social engineering (that is, providing a costume in
the form of reasonable seeming text to get you to open that
attachment.) the most recent incarnation of MyDoom generated
messages that looked like bouncing email with zip file attachments
that supposedly contained the details of the bounce, but really
contained the virus.

just don't open this stuff, ok? please?

you will _never_ get anything like this from digest.net; it is
loaded up with multiple layers of protection, a defense in
depth, if you will. if something like the modern crop of viruses
claims to be from digest.net, it's a spoof, and didn't really
come from here. and the following two addresses _never_
originate email: postmaster@domain.elided & webmaster@domain.elided
if you ever see them in a from line, just delete the email.

richard
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Richard Welty                                         rwelty@domain.elided
Averill Park Networking                                         518-573-7592
    Java, PHP, PostgreSQL, Unix, Linux, IP Network Engineering, Security
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