[AGL] amusing email from the Austin Community College IT nazi - i like the 'How am I doing?' at the bottom

[michele mason]

For one so slow, I actually caught that (smile). How the heck are you? 
mm

On Jun 28, 2007, at 11:42 AM, Michael Eisenstadt wrote:


> "New Dangerous Trojan Horse has been detected on Several ACC Computers"

>

> This Trojan Horse is distributed via email.  Although the emails have 

> been

> marked as Spam by the ACC Email System, users continue to open them and

> become infected with this "Backdoor Program".

>

> A Trojan Horse is a huge personal security threat.  They enter your 

> computer

> undetected and give the attacker who planted the Trojan unrestricted 

> access

> to the data stored on your computer. Trojans can transmit credit card

> information and other confidential data without you being aware the 

> Trojan

> horse is even installed on your computer.

>

> PROTECT YOURSELF!

>

> 1.  Do not open email that the ACC email system has labeled as Spam.  

> Spam

> can be identified by the three carets (^^^) preceding the subject in an

> email.  Although virus detection programs are usually very dependable 

> there

> is always the chance that a virus, Trojan Horse or other malicious 

> software

> may slip through.

> 2.  Make sure you have Symantec Anti-Virus installed and that it is 

> active.

> 3.  Make sure your Symantec Anti-Virus definitions are up to date.  

> They

> should be no more than a week old at any given time.

>

> If you have already opened one of these emails or need help 

> configuring your

> virus scanning software, please contact the HelpDesk.  We will send a

> computer support tech to help you protect the data on your PC.

>

> Theresa

>

> Please let me know how I am doing:

> http://www.austincc.edu/operations/forms/survey.htm

>

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