Message from the Snack Master...  If you get an email that tells 
you to open an attachment to keep your account going, don't believe it.  
It's okay to go to the homepage of Earthlink, AOL, Yahoo, or whatever 
service provider you use but files that end with ASF BAT CMD COM HTA 
PIF SCR VBE or VBS are executable files which means they can infect 
your computer.  I felt kind of suspicious when I saw the typo in the 
word "unavailable" and also had questions about the plea in another 
example to enter the password which they provided.  Providers who are 
legit will never list a password unless you have first requested it.  
Okay, take care and we'll see you at the Macon Cherry Blossom Festival 
on March 27.  

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Bogus email below : 

Dear user  of "Yahoo.com" mailing system,

Our main mailing  server will  be temporary unavaible for next two 
days, to continue receiving  mail in  these days  you have  to configure our  
free auto-forwarding  service.

For further details see the attach.

Cheers,
    The  Yahoo.com team                             
http://www.yahoo.com

Plain Text Attachment [ Download File  |  Save to my Yahoo! Briefcase ]  

--- end of bogus email ---   

Check it out... The real Yahoo noticed the suspicious attachment and 
deleted it (below).  Cool !

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* Abbott Laboratories Internet Mail Policy Violation: 
*
* Potential Virus Files Prohibited
*
* A File Attachment has been removed from this message.
*
* Files of the type that were attached to this message are well known
* carriers of computer viruses and are strictly prohibited.
* 
* Prohibited File Types: ASF BAT CMD COM HTA PIF SCR VBE VBS
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Lots of visitors to the King Johnson website which exceeded its 1.0 Gig
bandwidth allotment two months in a row (see chart) becoming temporarily
unavailable.  The King Johnson website came back online in December.

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