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Re: FW:Do Not Open README.EXE -- NOT a Hoax / do not run IIS

To: "Musson, Carl" <musson@arts.usf.edu>
Subject: Re: FW:Do Not Open README.EXE -- NOT a Hoax / do not run IIS
From: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 14:30:15 -0700
How about banning IIS?  Most of the recent worms have exploited IIS
vulnerabilities.

On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 02:05:15PM -0400, Musson, Carl wrote:
> A new malicious computer worm is currently propagating. If you receive email
> with an attachment called readme.exe DO NOT open or view it.
>  
> Also, if you are viewing a web page and it attempts to execute or save a
> file called readme.eml DO NOT allow this file to be executed or saved. The
> web server attempting to serve you this file has been infected.
>  
>  
>  
> One of my students opened it last night on our student workstation.  We are
> now trying to clean it.   TRYING is the operative word.
>  
>  
> Carl

-- 
I've found something worse than oldies station that play the music I used to
listen to. Oldies stations that play the "new" music I used to complain about.
lrc@red4est.com                                    http://www.red4est.com/lrc

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