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 currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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