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Yep, I just got confirmation of the same from my Sysadmin. And I too have
received substitute.txt. Scanned my system twice, though.
John Dendy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Steen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 2:50 PM
Subject: Re: beware peculiar messages from this address
> In a message dated 7/21/2004 3:20:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
> There are viruses floating around and this may not be a hoax. I am
attaching
> info from our tech support.
> Imogene
>
> ----Original Message-----
> From: IT Helpdesk
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 4:17 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: ITHelp Alert - Potential Virus
> Importance: High
>
> Please be advised that some suspicious email is being received that is
making
> it past our virus scanning software. It may appear to come from someone
that
> you know and may have a subject like, "MP3", "Music_MP3" or "Dog".
Whatever
> the subject, the email will have a .zip attachment and the body of the
message
> will contain a "key" for opening the attachment. Please DO NOT follow
these
> instructions - permanently delete the message or call ITHelp at 6300 for
> instructions. Please see the following website for more information:
> http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_126798.htm
>
> Thanks for your cooperation,
> Don Grant
>
> Information Technology Services Helpdesk
> Phone: 740-6300 Website: http://it.mala.bc.ca/
> When I got Anna's message a file called "substitute.txt" was attached. I
> downloaded it and used a passive viewer to see what it said. This was the
message:
>
> " The original document has been removed from this message.
> The document was removed because
>
> A VIRUS WAS DETECTED IN YOUR E-MAIL: Found the
> W32/Bagle.ai@MM virus !!!
>
> The name of the original document was New_MP3_Player.com
>
> - ASU Postmaster
> [log in to unmask] "
>
> So it is real. Don't open attached files!
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