False McAfee Message Circulating
In the past few days, two different PCs at the Library have received a pop-up window that claims to be from McAfee (the virus scanning software). This pop-up window claims that the sasser.d worm has been discovered and asks if the person wants to remove it. If the "Yes" button is clicked, then a page with text and graphics fills the entire monitor screen. This message claims that viruses and worms had been discovered on the PC that neither McAfee nor Symantec anti-virus can detect. There is no obvious way to close out this window.
If you see this message, please contact LISD at x4300. This message is not from McAfee and appears to be some kind of ploy to get people to click on objects. If McAfee finds a virus, a window with a hand squishing a bug will appear. The rest of the desktop will not go black -- you will still be able to see your desktop and other windows. The ploy makes everything go black except for the pop-up window, so that it appears that your only choice is to click on "Yes" or "No."
Help Desk
Library Information Systems Division
443-4300
