[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Spoofed address from virus; Was Re: Application

[Jerry Frank]

This posting is for administrative purposes.  If you have any comments 
about it, please reply to me personally rather than to the list.

Another virus is making the rounds using spoofed addresses and a zipped 
file attachment.  I received 5 of them personally on Wednesday but none 
since then, some spoofed with addresses that I know to be genealogically 
connected.  This however is the first one I've encountered recently using 
our mailing list address.  I do not know the name of or any details about 
this particular virus.

Please remember - our mailing list CANNOT and WILL NOT distribute any 
attachments.  This protects against a virus being distributed through our 
mailing list, even if a subscriber has become infected.

If you receive a message claiming to be from the list that has an 
attachment, you can be sure that it did not originate here but rather is 
spoofed from someone who is infected by a virus.  Another way to help 
identify a message that truly originates from our list is that the subject 
line will be headed by the [Ger-Poland-Volhynia]  phrase.  I can guarantee 
you that the message you responded to did not have that.

If you attempted to open that attachment without adequate virus protection 
on your computer, it is possible that you are now infected.  You should run 
a full virus check as soon as possible with a checker that has been updated 
in the last couple of days.




At 09:32 AM 28/06/2003 -0500, Royal Natzke wrote:
>Ordinarly we can open zip files, but we weren't able to do that with this
>one. Please send as regular and we should get it. Also make note that our
>address is changed to: rdnatzke at execpc.com  Royal and Dorothy Natzke
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
>To: <rnatzke at execpc.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 12:34 PM
>Subject: Re: Application
>
>
> > Please see the attached zip file for details.

Jerry Frank - List Administrator for [Ger-Poland-Volhynia]
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