There’s a nasty new little virus going around that attaches to an e-mail as a .zip file. The subjuct is usually “HI” (but not always) and the body of the message may includ something about ‘7-bit ASCII’ (but not always.) If you get one form me don’t open the attachment. If you’re not sure, ask me if I sent it to you before opening it. (I’m not actually sending these at all but I just got one from my work e-mail to my home e-mail and another earlier today going the other way. I’ve checked both systems and I’m clean.) Hopefully this’ll peter out in a day or two.
BTW: I just looked it up the English plural for virus is viruses. Viri is a neuter Latin plural for virus though, even for Latin, a very obsure plural.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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