Well . . .

We all know to delete messages with attachments, right?

We all know to NEVER click on an attachment, right?

Well, what if it "seems" to be comming from YOUR ISP?

Read carefully: Virus/Malware/etc. Update
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The W32 versions of Viruses has been busy over the last few years.

The top ten viruses in April 2005 - 2007, many are still active now days :

1 W32/Zafi-D 46.6%
2 W32/Netsky-P 20.6%
3 W32/Zafi-B 4.5%
4 W32/Netsky-D 4.5%
5 W32/Netsky-Z 2.5%
6 W32/Netsky-B 2.4%
7 W32/Mytob-Z 1.3%
8 W32/MyDoom-O 1.2%
9 W32/Netsky-C 1.1%
10 W32/Netsky-Q 1.0%

Others 14.3%

A quartet of new variants have been released on the Internet causing headaches for network administrators and home computer users alike.

A recent variant of the virus, sent the infected file in a password protected Zip file. The password of the Zip file was contained in the body of the e-mail, with instructions on how to open the file.

As if that wasn't bad enough, the author(s) have gone one step further now to evade detection of the virus. The file attachments are now either Zip or Rar compressed and the password, instead of being actual text, is now supplied as an image !

If you receive the virus via e-mail, it will to all intents and purposes, look like a message from your e-mail account manager or service provider. It will also have convincing looking instructions on what to do next, ie. infect yourself !

As per other variants of the Bagle virus, the new variants open your computer up to allow remote connections and the virus will also try and e-mail itself to every contact you have stored on your computer.

REMEMBER :

Keep your operating system up to date.

Use a current browser.

Protect your password.

Act with caution while online.

Use virus protection software.

Update your anti-virus software on a daily basis.