Thank you- I deleted immediately.

Cheers,


*Alexander L. Campbell*



* **LATHAM **&** WATKINS **LLP***

885 Third Avenue

New York, NY 10022-4834


On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Patrick Cunningham <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Julie Fleming's email account sent the List an unexplained URL link a
> little
> while ago.
>
>
> When you receive something like this, never click on the link. In most
> cases,
> the link will be spam, or, more likely, a compromised website that will
> load
> your computer with malware and start distributing itself in the manner that
> we
> saw here on the List.
>
> The Listserv does a decent enough job protecting members from malware, but
> these
> things can still happen. You must be a subscriber to post and we don't
> allow
> attachments, but URLs can be equally harmful.
>
> Collectively, the way that most malware is spread these days is through
> social
> engineering. You receive an email that purports to be legitimate and
> trusted
> from an associate and you open the attachment or follow the link without
> thinking. Folks, you really have to think before clicking. I think most of
> us
> see through the obvious ones with their poor grammar or promises of
> millions of
> dollars from dead dictators. But the bad guys are getting smarter. Just the
> other day I got an email with an attached PDF. The email looked like it had
> been
> generated from a multi-function device (a copier that will scan documents
> and
> email them to you). The attachment was loaded with a Trojan horse program.
> Had I
> been in an environment where a lot of those documents flew around, I might
> have
> been a victim.
>
> Think before you click.
>
>  Patrick Cunningham, CRM, FAI
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>
> "Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier."
> -- Colin Powell
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