Klarinet Archive - Posting 000219.txt from 2002/05

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: Re: [kl] Virus - ADDITIONAL WARNING!!!
Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 15:08:14 -0400

Mark Charette says:

<<And if you look further (at the mail server that sent it) you'll find that neither party sent the message.>>

Concerning a message from: James Lytthans, who said:

<<I've been getting e-mail several times a week infected with the "Klez" virus. On the last one, from clarinetgrammy@-----.com, the return path
was info@-----.com>>

Walter says:

Apparently someone who knows us pretty well is really trying to "scam" us into opening virus infected attachments.

A few weeks ago I received an email from the Zinner company. Since I have e-mailed back and forth with tem several times in the past, I thought nothing about opening the e-mail.

There was a short message advising me to open the enclosed attachment, which perportedly announced "New Products".

Something seemed very strange about this. I opened it in a manner that any virus would not be a problem. (Please don't comment on this, I knew exactly what I was doing, and no, I won't divulge my method).

Of course, the attachment had a virus. I don't know if it was the "klez" virus. But I did isolate and destroy it, and then informed the Zinner company that someone was masquerading behind there e-mail address. Now it appears that other "vendors" to the clarinet world are being used in a similar manner.

I think that this activity is stupid, cruel, and immature, if not downright criminal.

Please, everybody, be careful, especially with any unrequested attachments, and keep your virus software up to date.

Walter Grabner
www.clarinetxpress.com
Mouthpieces - Good ones!

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