It seems that the author of this latest virus has decided that I’m dumb enough to not only believe that this is from my server admin sending from a non-existant account on our system, but that I would also want to type in a password sent in clear text to open the attached .zip file.
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From: staff@bcr.org
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 10:09 PM
To: msauers@bcr.org
Subject: E-mail account disabling warning.
Dear user of Bcr.org,
Some of our clients complained about the spam (negative e-mail content)
outgoing from your e-mail account. Probably, you have been infected by
a proxy-relay trojan server. In order to keep your computer safe,
follow the instructions.
For details see the attached file.
For security purposes the attached file is password protected. Password is “04565”.
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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