[Woodcarver] Fwd: Marketscore and other ... with permission

[Bill Judt]

Gentle Subscribers:

Matt Kelley asked if I would forward this computer-related warning to 
the List.
It has to do with spyware on PC's. It does not appear to be of any 
concern to Macintosh users.

Please take time to check this lead out for yourself.

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TTYL,

Bill
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Begin forwarded message:

> From: Matt Kelley <celtcarver at comcast.net>
> Date: February 14, 2005 8:55:10 PM GMT-06:00
> To: Bill Judt <bjudt at sasktel.net>
> Subject: Marketscore and other spyware
>
> Hi Bill -
>
> As you know,  I'm not one to pass on computer-related warnings,   but 
> a piece of PC spyware called Marketscore is becoming such a concern 
> that the University of Michigan and other Universities are taking 
> serious steps to combat the problem.   UM's chief IT security officer 
> calls Marketscore " a very real and serious threat to personal and 
> institutional security."    An article outlining the hazard and steps 
> to help reduce risk is available at 
> http://www.umich.edu/~urecord/0405/Feb14_05/08.shtml
>
> I'll leave it to you to decide if this warrants passing on to the list.
>
> Regards,
> Matt
>