Indological bookshop virus

[Axel Michaels]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dominik Wujastyk" <ucgadkw at UCL.AC.UK>
To: <INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk>
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 11:00 PM
Subject: Indological bookshop virus


> I've had an email from a company purporting to be an Indological
> publisher, something like "Indological Books and CDs", associated with a
> person with the surname Jain.  Very plausible.  There's a website and an
> email address ending in the domain ".cc".  I haven't got the details to
> hand because I've deleted it all.
>
> But I'm pretty sure this is nothing more than a new way of distributing a
> virus.  If you try to view the company's website, at
> something.something.cc, you get asked to install a program, and offered a
> file "readme.exe".  It's all viral stuff.
>
> Stay clear of it.
>
> Best,
> Dominik
>