BlankJust to advise Listers:
Rich and I co-administer these groups. Yesterday, I saw a message for the
facts
machine, and today I saw one for MSB alumni. They were both posts by a
non-member which we don't permit.
Reason for Advisory:
Both posts were sent to several people including some others who I know are
visually impaired. The one for MSB Alumni today had "raiders" in the to: field.
The bad thing about these message is it said in the subject line "Important
Message".
The body basically said Hello, you have an important message and then gave a
link.
If you click on that link, I'm certain you would get some malware on your
machine; either a bad virus or ransom ware that would not allow you to access
your files.
Somebody at my former employer opened such a message in their email ten days
ago, and basically took out the phone, email and accounting system for the
utility. They are still trying to restore stuff and haven't said if they paid
money to retrieve their files.
"A person cannot survive as a true Spartan fan unless he is a bit of a
masochist
and a very large optimist."
Steve
Lansing, MI