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March 15, 2004
Virus Warning
Dear Subscriber,
The management of the Michigan
Imaging Supply LLC website,
www.michiganimaging.com, would like
to make you aware of a fake email we received supposedly sent from the email
list manager of
www.michiganimaging.com . This email indicated that the users computer
has a lot of outgoing email virus activity and to use the attached tool to
clean the computer. This email is bogus and the attachment contains a virus.
DO NOT OPEN ANY ATTACHMENTS IF YOU RECEIVE THIS EMAIL. Michigan Imaging
never has and never will send any attachments to it's users unless
specifically requested by the user. Normal virus precautions indicate to
never open any attachments to emails unless you know what the attachment
contains, and to keep your virus definitions updated.
Go here for additional info -
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.beagle.m@mm.html
Symantec Security Response encourages all users
and administrators to adhere to the following basic security "best
practices":
 | Turn off and remove unneeded services. By default, many operating
systems install auxiliary services that are not critical, such as an FTP
server, telnet, and a Web server. These services are avenues of attack. If
they are removed, blended threats have less avenues of attack and you have
fewer services to maintain through patch updates. |
| If a
blended threat exploits one or more network services, disable, or
block access to, those services until a patch is applied. |
| Always keep your patch levels up-to-date, especially on computers
that host public services and are accessible through the firewall, such as
HTTP, FTP, mail, and DNS services. |
| Enforce a password policy. Complex passwords make it difficult to
crack password files on compromised computers. This helps to prevent or
limit damage when a computer is compromised. |
| Configure your email server to block or
remove email that contains file attachments that are commonly used to
spread viruses, such as .vbs, .bat, .exe, .pif and .scr files.
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| Isolate infected computers quickly to prevent further compromising
your organization. Perform a forensic analysis and restore the computers
using trusted media. |
| Train employees not to open attachments unless they are expecting
them. Also, do not execute software that is downloaded from the Internet
unless it has been scanned for viruses. Simply visiting a compromised Web
site can cause infection if certain browser vulnerabilities are not
patched. |
Thanks for visiting!
Jim Hanus
www.AllAboutRichmond.com
email:
list@allaboutrichmond.com
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