[Nodxa] (AF8C) BOGUS ARRL EMAIL INVITATION

[Williams, G (AF8C)]

Do not follow instructions in bogus "arrl.net user support team" e-mails 
(Mar 30, 2007) -- The ARRL is alerting members -- and especially users of 
the ARRL E-Mail Forwarding Service -- about bogus e-mails that claim to be 
from the "arrl.net user support team." There is no such entity, and the 
messages do not originate with ARRL but appear to be coming from outside 
the US. Recipients should not follow the instructions in the e-mail, which 
reads, "We have received reports that your e-mail account has been used to 
send a large amount of unsolicited commercial email messages during this 
week. We suspect that your computer had been infected by a recent virus and 
now contains a hidden proxy server. We recommend you to follow our 
instructions in order to keep your computer safe." Following the 
instructions will have the opposite effect, however, infecting your 
computer with the MyDoom Trojan worm and making it part of a spamming 
network. The League urges all members to invest in and use anti-virus 
software.
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