I am at work and will post a quick note here... There is a worm on the loose that purports to be from [email protected]. The content of the email message sent has a zip file. The email reads:"To safeguard your email account from possible termination, please see the attached file."DO NOT OPEN THE ZIP FILE ATTACHED.[/b}Most people will understand this is NOT sent from AVSIM but from the PC of someone who is not running a virus/worm checker. But, we invariably get email from folks accusing us of sending virus out. Please pass the word.

Thanks for the warning! Haven't received anything like that.http://online.vatsimindicators.net/916312/3.png

Thanks for the heads-up, Tom. Copied and posted to our website.Ed GreenKCLThttp://www.panelshop.com/DEV.jpg

Thanks Ed. It may have only been sent to me by one of my many "fans". :-lol But, some how, I doubt that it was that specific.

Ahhh so I Guess I wasn't the only one!See my message here from some time ago (which a moderator MOVED, so I guess your message is out of place in this forum and will soon be moved Tom :)http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...ing_type=search

I confirm that as I got a copy. It was trapped so no problems there.bones

>>DO NOT OPEN THE ZIP FILE ATTACHED.[/b}>>Most people will understand this is NOT sent from AVSIM but>from the PC of someone who is not running a virus/worm>checker. But, we invariably get email from folks accusing us>of sending virus out. Please pass the word.>>Well,I am supried anyone accuse avsim or anyone else for sending this stuff. Autoreplication and fake "from" fields are typical worm mechanism and people should be aware of this. General rule is: do not ever open attachements it you are uncertain the source of the e-mail. W32.Sober.O@mm!enc and W32.Sober.O@mm worms have generataed 75% of the total glabal Internet traffic between 3-6 May (!). So beware of unknown e-mails and let your wisdom beats your curiousity.regs,Piotr

You would be surprised at what avsim is accused of ;-)

Thanks for the heads-up Tom....it's amazing what people will try; my main email account is hit by aprox 100 fake emails from 'Postmaster@',any bank you could think of, 'message undeliverable' notifications (even though I haven't been sending anything!), crazy names, etc, and all of them have some kind of link to click, or file to open! I either use a superb little freebie called Mailwasher to weed them out(it stops the mail on the ISP server), or let Outlook 2003 stick anything not from a few trusted email addresses into the Junk Mail folder.It's reached a point where I almost dread opening Outlook, having to wade through all the crap to find the good stuff! Cheers !