Be very, very careful.  The sobig virus is just killing us and it usually comes as an attachment with "re:something."  Almost every computer on campus has been infected and IT folks are pulling out their hair.  Frankly, I'm not opening any attachments, especially those from people I know.  So, if you're sending email requests, etc., to me, be aware that you might need to resend it in a few days.

 



	-----Original Message----- 

	From: Jill Lasker [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 

	Sent: Wed 8/20/2003 2:32 PM 

	To: [log in to unmask] 

	Cc: 

	Subject: Surge in junk mail w/attachments?

	

	



	Have other members of this list suddenly been besieged in the last 2-3 days

	with junk?  I keep getting emails with a subject line "RE: details" and they

	all simply say "Please see the attached file for details."  All the files

	have a .pif extension (what is that?).  They're all from seemingly

	legitimate addresses, but no one I actually know.

	

	At least one of the addresses it came from was a legitimate display company,

	which is why I wondered if any of you were getting them too.

	

	Obviously, I haven't opened any of the attachments, but I have no idea where

	this flood originated.  I'm on a Macintosh, so it's not part of the Windows

	virus brigade, I presume.

	

	Any clues?

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