[SIERA] Watch what you open
Dick Young
KD7JMR at msn.com
Sat Jul 31 20:27:41 EDT 2004
* Spoofing generates new round of spurious arrl.net e-mail messages:
Recent e-mail messages purporting to be from "noreply at arrl.net<mailto:noreply at arrl.net>," the
"ARRL.net Support Team" or some similar variation are not from the ARRL.
These messages are the result of a recent variant of a virus permeating
the Internet. ARRL has heard from members who have received e-mails
alleging that their ARRL E-Mail Forwarding Service (@arrl.net) address has
been used to send out spam and urging them to open an attachment to help
resolve the situation. Opening the attachment will infect the recipient's
computer. Outside of routine correspondence, the ARRL only sends e-mail to
members who request mailings, such as W1AW bulletins and The ARRL Letter,
and none of these are sent via the ARRL E-Mail Forwarding Service. As a
defense against these kinds of viruses, we recommend installing virus
protection software on all personal computers and updating it on a regular
basis.
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