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E-mail Virus

Some spam e-mails are circulated with an attachment containing a virus. They usually have the subject line "Email account utilization warning" or "E-mail account disabling warning" and appear to be sent from the e-mail addresses "staff@ask-edi.com" or "noreply@ask-edi.com" NO SUCH E-MAIL ADDRESSES EXIST!

**PLEASE NOTE: These e-mail messages are NOT being sent by ASK. They are spam, and the attachment contains a virus. Do NOT open the attachment.** For your reference, a sample of the e-mail is below.

You should delete all spam messages without opening the attachments. The virus is only activated if you open the attachment. Spammers often appropriate or make up e-mail addresses based on real domains (i.e. ask-edi.com) to give their mass mailings a greater chance of being read.

This SPAM is the result of spammers harvesting both individual e-mail addresses as well as entire domain names (i.e. ask-edi.com) that pass over the Internet and sending mass mailings to any address that ends with that domain. THIS IS NOT DUE TO A BREACH OF SECURITY IN OUR ONLINE ACCESS. IT REMAINS COMPLETELY SECURE.

Lastly, it is best to have an anti-virus product of some kind on your PCs to avoid the activation or spread of a virus. Please be sure to keep your virus products up-to-date to avoid any problems with mailings such as these.

SAMPLE OF SPAM/VIRUS E-MAIL THAT IS CIRCULATING From: <staff@ask-edi.com> To: <yourname@yourdomain.com> Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 08:37 AM Subject: E-mail account disabling warning. Dear user of ask-edi.com, Your e-mail account has been temporary disabled because of unauthorized access. Further details can be obtained from attached file. In order to read the attach you have to use the following password: 05242. Sincerely, The ask-edi.com team http://www.ask-edi.com   or From: <management@ask-edi.com> To: <yourname@yourdomain.com> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 08:37 AM Subject: Notify about using the e-mail account. Dear user of ask-edi.com e-mail server gateway, Your e-mail account will be disabled because of improper using in next three days, if you are still wishing to use it, please, resign your account information. Advanced details can be found in attached file. For security purposes the attached file is password protected. Password -- Have a good day, The ask-edi.com team http://www.ask-edi.com

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