My co-worker and I both received emails yesterday with *.pif attachments. These are usually viruses. We both received emails from "*photocircuits.com" with the *.pif attachments. If you receive an email with a very odd subject and body content and with the *.pif attachment, don't open it! Do a shift delete on it to permanently delete it. Roger ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Ellis" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 4:12 AM Subject: Re: [TN] Strange email...possibly a virus > I strongly recommend POPFile if you are on a POP3 mail server. This is a > Bayesian mail sorter (for example, you can set up any number of > mailboxes for different types of mail, including spam, of course). I've > been using it for 18 months, along with virus detection (I use Norton) > and a firewall (ZoneAlarm), of course. All my IPC mail goes into an IPC > "bucket" from which it is sorted into general, TN, LF, EN by my e-mail > client, while all the "out-of-office" messages go into my spam bucket. I > have six other buckets for other mail categories. My current accuracy > figures for the automatic sorting is 99.3%, a little down from my > average at the moment (average is ~99.6%). Over the past six months, I > think I've had 3 spam messages reach a "ham" bucket. > > It does require training on errors, but you should reach at least a 98% > accuracy level after, say, 1,000 or so messages. > > You can find this at http://popfile.sourceforge.net/ -- it is open > source, therefore free. > > And, yes, if you wish it, it will put all the offers of money into a > spam bucket, along with enticements to sexual pleasures, suggestions to > be ordained or to buy your PhD, quotations for spam software or office > supplies, even those with "word salads". > > Brian > > Steve Gregory wrote: > > > Anybody else get this email I've pasted below? I'm sure it's got a virus > > attached to it...you can see the attached file name. > > > > I'm pretty sure that Jane's computer isn't infected...her email address got > > spoofed somehow. Just curious if anybody else got this email... > > > > -Steve Gregory- > > > > > > > > Subj: Password > > Date: 04/28/2004 10:21:50 AM Central Daylight Time > > From: [log in to unmask] > > To: [log in to unmask] > > File: passwords02.pif (17920 bytes) DL Time (TCP/IP): < 1 minute > > Sent from the Internet (Details) > > > > I've your password. Take it easy! > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e > > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > > To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) > > To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest > > Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives > > Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) > To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest > Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives > Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 > ----------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 -----------------------------------------------------