From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2006-02-15 17:07:28 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Administrative Note: Someone who has my address has a very infected Windows machine
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Someone with my address has a very infected Windows machine. It is
sending out things with nasty attachments. They are not of any type
of virus or worm that my type of operating system can get or pass
along, and, yes, we do check. They are Windows infections. If you
get anything with an attachment but I have not warned you in a
separate mail to expect an attachment from me do not open the
attachment. (This is a good ides with mail from ANYONE, BTW.)
People, run your firewalls (We run three firewalls despite not being
on the vulnerable Windows stuff.) and anti-virus service like Norton
and, please, check your machines often. The typical businesses these
days run their virus software at least once a day these days. In a
recent test a non-firewalled Windows machine wound up exposed to a
virus or worm within 20 minutes of being on line.
If you get anything from me (or "me") that is not ferret related,
please, know that I am so short on time these days that only a few
friends and family have been getting such mails, so use all
cautions. I do not know if the person (people?) whose machine(s) led
to the current spate of infected machines with faked in addresses (a
common feature for viruses and worms to have) is a ferret person, a
family member, or a friend, but for some reason my address has been
falsely plugged in too often recently for comfort.
This can happen to anyone here, and undermines internet use far too
often for far too many, so please, take precautions.
-- Sukie (not a vet)
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