[Mb-civic] IMPORTANT - from the List Mama

[Nina Dayton]

Hi folks -

Some emails with infected attachments have been sent to the lists today 
- from email addresses of people who did not send them. Most have been 
stopped by the filters as they came "from" unsubscribed addresses, but a 
recent one made it through as it came from Michael B's subscribed 
address, although he did not send it. When an email comes from a 
subscribed address it automatically goes through without needing approval.

The way these viruses often work is that they copy the address book of 
the infected computer, and then send out the virus using those addresses 
which they insert randomly in the To and From fields. So if you have 
Michael B. and the address <web at lamama.org> in your address book please 
scan your computer as you may be sending the virus to other people 
besides the list. (Mac users are safe)

So for now, beware of emails with attachments and do not open any 
attachments with unusual  file extensions, such as .scr or .pif  
Remember, you can't get a virus without opening the attachment, so no 
need to get nervous.  But let's have 24 hours with no attachments sent 
to the list please, to give Patrick time to check this out. Thanks.

Nina

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