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D'Arcy:

This is NOT A VIRUS.  It's phishing, trying to find live recipients  
and personal info that can later be exploited.  See wikipedia.org for  
a definition.  Phishing e-mails aren't targeting your hard disk as  
many of the viruses do.  PC people have to be especially vigilant  
about security--a firewall, maybe network address translation, anti- 
malware, and of course anti-virus software.  And the stuff needs to  
be updated all the time.

1. Keep your e-mail client set to not automatically "load images" if  
an e-mail with images is open.  Giving time to evaluate whether or  
not it's junk or phishing.
2. Consider running Really Good spam filtering software.  SpamSieve  
on the Mac side is my current favorite.

I agree with looking at the subject/sender, using discretion about  
what one opens and doesn't--just like stuff in the snail-mail box,  
some things just need to be junked.

Lynne


On Dec 3, 2006, at 11:20 AM, D'Arcy Demianoff-Thompson wrote:

> Do not open this email.  Just delete it.  More than
> likely everyone on Ride Camp needs to get Norton
> Internet Security virsus protection and Norton
> SystemWorks on their computer.  Someone on RC has a
> worm / virus / trojan.  Their email account is being
> used to get through to RC email list.


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