FreeLists / si-list / [SI-LIST] virus warning

[Ray Anderson <Raymond.Anderson@xxxxxxx>]

si-list-


Over the past month or so the spam and virus/worm filtering facilities 
at freelists.org have
prevented about 500 infected messages from being forwarded to the 
si-list membership.

Over the past day a new worm has been making the rounds. This one is known
as either Beagle.J or Bagle.J.

If the file attempts to propagate via si-list it should be stopped by 
the freelist filtering  
facilities and your should never even see it. If someone spoofs the 
si-list address and
sends it directly you could conceivably receive something claiming to be 
from  
'administration@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' containing instructions to open and 
attached file using a
password they provide in order to prevent automatic deletion from the 
freelists database.

If you receive anything resembling that DO NOT OPEN the attachment. Just 
delete
the message. This worm only affects Windows based systems, so if you are 
running
Unix, Linux or a Mac you should be OK (with respect to the worm) except 
for the
extra traffic the worm generates.

Remember, that if a file contains  a binary attachment it did not come 
to you via si-list.

Ray Anderson
si-list admin



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