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STHC-L Administrator warning: virus apparently sent by list

• Date:   Mon, 3 Jun 2002 06:35:07 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
• To:   sthc-l@library.ucla.edu
• From:   Russell A. Johnson <rjohnson@library.ucla.edu>
• Subject:   STHC-L Administrator warning: virus apparently sent by list
• Message-ID:   SIMEON.10206030607.B@pow-s-spc102.library.ucla.edu

An industrious virus on somebody's machine is now sending out a message 
with a virus-infected attachment and making it _appear_ that it comes 
from the STHC-L list.  It doesn't.  This message will have an active 
attachment, with an ".exe" extension.  Do not open the message, and 
certainly do not open the attachment!

In order to prevent this problem from reoccuring, list members 
who use email programs that routinely pass viruses (e.g., 
Microsoft Outlook) should eliminate  from 
their address books, and enter the address by hand when sending 
postings to the list.  That is the simplest way to ensure that any 
virus does not get sent to the list and does not appear to originate 
from it.

Russell Johnson
STHC-L administrator