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Security Alert -- phony FBI warning



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Beware of e-mail messages purporting to be from
the FBI, claiming you will be indicted on charges of
illegal downloading.  The e-mail includes an attachment that claims to
be the evidence taken from their computers but which really contains
malware.  

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/06/1073268005348.html

This new type of security attack is based on the tendancy of people to 
believe things they read.  Keep in mind that a true legal notice will come 
to you by federal delivered mail or by a courier that requires your 
signature, ... not by email.

Security attacks of this kind are expected to increase in 2004 ...

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,114058,00.asp

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The Blaster worm, started spreading last August and is believed to have 
spread to hundreds of thousands of systems. A large number of home users are 
still unknowingly infected, consuming internet bandwidth as their computers 
continually probe other computers for vulnerability.

Microsoft has a web site dedicated to helping you get your PC "cleaned-up".

See ...  http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

- Mark