US starts free e-mail warnings on computer viruses

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US starts free e-mail warnings on computer viruses

#1 Postby Stephanie » Thu Jan 29, 2004 7:57 pm

It's a new cyber-alert system. You can signup for free at;

http://www.us-cert.gov
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#2 Postby Lindaloo » Thu Jan 29, 2004 8:11 pm

I signed up earlier. I am happy about this.
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#3 Postby Stephanie » Thu Jan 29, 2004 8:19 pm

I just signed up as well. I do get alot of e-mails from our IT department, but the more information the better.
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#4 Postby stormraiser » Thu Jan 29, 2004 9:53 pm

I signed up yesterday. I didn't receive anything yet :eek: so I don't know if I signed up properly, usually something like that will send you a notification.
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#5 Postby Stephanie » Fri Jan 30, 2004 1:10 pm

I signed up last night before I posted it here and by the time I signed off last night I hadn't received notification either. I would think that we would get something by today. Just remember that you have to reply back to their e-mail with "accept" in the body of the message - that will confirm your request to be apart of the list.
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#6 Postby CaptinCrunch » Fri Jan 30, 2004 1:41 pm

Best and smart thing to do is not open any Email that you don't know who sent it.
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I also get free alerts.

#7 Postby deb_in_nc » Fri Jan 30, 2004 9:10 pm

They are from Symantec (Norton). They send you a letter and you click on the link. It takes you back to their confirmation page, and you're done.

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