Virus Alert
The SoBig.F virus is a mass-mailing worm that is very active on the Internet. While we are currently taking measures to protect our Email users, you can protect yourself by identifying and deleting emails with SoBig.F characteristics. Please do not report these emails as Spam.

Please be aware that your computer should not be infected by this virus unless you open a corrupted attachment.

What to look for:
Emails infected with the SoBig.F virus have the following characteristics. Please be aware that a new variant of the virus may arrive on the Internet.

Subject line:

·  Re: Details

·  Re: Approved

·  Re: Re: My details

·  Re: Thank you!

·  Re: That movie

·  Re: Wicked screensaver

·  Re: Your application

·  Thank you!

·  Your details

From line:
Contains spoofed addresses - which means that the name that appears in the "From" field is probably not the real sender.

Body:

·  "See the attached file for details"

·  "Please see the attached file for details."

Attachment:

·  your_document.pif

·  document_all.pif

·  thank_you.pif

·  your_details.pif

·  details.pif

·  document_9446.pif

·  application.pif

·  wicked_scr.scr

·  movie0045.pif

What you can do:
Delete messages with the above characteristics and be sure to delete them from your Trash Folder. Knowing some of the above characteristics about this virus, you may wish to set up custom filters and route most of these virus emails directly to your Trash or Bulk Folder. This way, you can keep your inbox free of most of these messages. Just be sure to check your Trash or Bulk Folder and empty them on a regular basis in order to free up space in your email account.