Virus information sources

[Rich Littleton]

Very useful message.  Thanks.

Rich

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On Fri, 11 Jun 1999, J. Johnson wrote:

> 
> With the news today and yesterday about a new, highly destructive computer
> virus, there will most likely be a few people e-mailing warnings to
> friends and associates.  While these messages are generally well-intended,
> it is the uncritical acceptance of such messages by which _hoax_ warnings,
> such as the infamous "Good Times", are propagated.  *No* information which
> purports to warn about a virus should be accepted as true--and most
> certainly _not_ passed on!--without being checked with an authoritative
> source.  Two highly recommended authoritative sources are the Computer
> Information Advisory Center, and the Computer Emergency Response Team
> Coordination Center.  URLs for their web pages are below; these also have
> links to the web pages of the major anti-virus software vendors. 
> 
> 	CIAC:  http://www.ciac.org/
> 	CERT:  http://www.cert.org/
> 
> I should point out that the current virus will not damage your files on
> SCN.  You need be concerned only if you meet all three of the following
> conditions:  1) you download your mail to your own computer (e.g., with
> POP),  2) you have your mail program set to automatically execute certain
> programs such as 'zip', and  3) your system is MS Windows.  But don't take
> my word for this--check with an authoritative source.
> 
> === JJ =================================================================
> 
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