[SGVLUG] Why the internet is slow /today/...

[Emerson, Tom (*IC)]

Heh heh heh -- just got an email from "corporate" -- seems there is a
virus going around that sends an e-mail called "cnn daily top 10" or
similar.  Leads to a fake CNN site that gives you the impression you
need an upgraded FLASH player in order to view the content.  The
"upgrade" is the virus itself; the e-mails are the bait...

While it probably /won't/ catch too many people on this list, you may
still get calls from friends and relatives wondering what's going on.

It /may/, however, catch a few linux users who run VM ware or similar to
"host" a windows environment in order to get certain plugins to work --
hard to say for certain [because said users would also have to "not
notice" that the site isn't a proper CNN site, and we ALL check URL's we
get in e-mails, right?]


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