There has been a recent batch of malicious e-mails circulating the internet. PLEASE do not open any files from e-mail unless you are absolutely certain of who they are from. At least 4 district computers have been affected already, that I know of. All the e-mails have had different messages, but a similar pattern. Two were supposed greeting cards, another was from a fake airline, another from a fake mortgage company. The fake companies message say that a payment has been made or a charge has been made on your credit card and the invoice is attached. All the attached files are .ZIP files. If you open the file, a malware program called "Antivirus XP 2008" is immediately installed on the computer and starts nagging you with bogus reports of over 1000 virus infected files and asking for you to go to a website to register the software in order to remove the files. Undoubtedly, the site will collect as much personal information as it can then rip you off. Uninstalling the program does not work, so we've had to reimage the computers as a result.
Once again, DO NOT Open any file and simply delete the message as soon as possible. No need to forward them to us, we know what they are and will be tweaking the filter to try and block them.
Thanks,
your friends in Technology
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