got this message today – not planning on sending attachments out, any time soon 😛
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There’s an e-mail message that is circulating on campus that has been generated by a variant of the Beagle computer virus. The message seems to come from a legitimate northwestern.edu e-mail address, it has an attachment that allegedly requires a numeric password to activate, and uses verbiage that is designed to scare you into action.
Please be advised that NU did not send this message to you. If you receive the message please do not click on the attachment in the e-mail message. You should also update your anti virus definitions and operating system patches on a regular basis to further protect yourself against infection (see http://www.it.northwestern.edu/getcontrol/index.html for more information).
Below is a sample of the type of message that this virus is circulating. Messages may vary as they continue to spread.
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 16:19:19 -0500
To: xxx@northwestern.edu
Subject: Notify about your e-mail account utilization.
From: administration@northwestern.edu
Dear user of e-mail server “Northwestern.edu”,
Some of our clients complained about the spam (negative e-mail content) outgoing from your e-mail account. Probably, you have been infected by a proxy-relay trojan server. In order to keep your computer safe, follow the instructions.
For more information see the attached file.
For security purposes the attached file is password protected. Password is “31211”.
Cheers,
The Northwestern.edu team
http://www.northwestern.edu
very very annoying….but I would rather get these annoying emails….
i got another one, yesterday, that made me sad. the detective on my case contacted me……she’s worked on it for almost a year and i’m afraid they don’t have enought to convict the asshole. i need closure and i needed to hear from her. but i’m still sad at the possiblitiy my case, my experience will only be on paper. that this asshole will be able to continue doing those horrible things. that another girl, who doesn’t know, will get hurt. the christian side in me believes he needs help. the bruised side in me, still raw from the shock of reminders that pop up in my daily life, wants him caught and wants justice.
all i can count on right now, is my own healing. in the morning light, it’s easier to see i do have power and i am doing what’s best for myself now – loving mark, going to school, following my dreams.
i have to cling to this belief in myself. i have to believe i didn’t let this happen to me….sometimes it’s difficult to believe when i’m emotionally drained….when i don’t have my defenses up. like yesterday, when i was brain dead from my final.