Fw: *** ADMIN: Viruses

["Dave Shaw" <daveshaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is an FYI from our gracious host, folks.  If you have any questions
about this, feel free to contact me or David.

Dave Shaw
MAPICS-L Moderator
Simpsonville, SC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Gibbs" <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>


> Folks:
>
> Once again there is a batch of viruses in distribution via email that
> are forging the 'from' address.
>
> Please keep in mind that, if you get a virus from someone, it's probably
> not being sent from them at all ... but someone else with both the
> apparent sender and you have corresponded with.
>
> Unfortunately, this means that it's possible for a virus to be sent to a
> mailing list.
>
> I am running active virus protection (two different virus scanners,
> f-prot & clamav) which seems to be catching everything that has been
> thrown at it.
>
> Rest assured, however, that even if the virus were to get past the virus
> scanner ... the virus payload would be removed from the email before it
> gets distributed so only the text portion of the message could possibly
> get distributed.
>
> As always, please make sure you are running virus protection on your
> systems and that your virus definitions are up to date.  A current
> backup doesn't hurt either :)
>
> If you have questions about virus protection, feel free to post a
> message in the PCTECH mailing list
> (http://lists.midrange.com/listinfo/pctech) or contact me directly.
>
> david