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I-Land eNewsletter - March, 2005
 

E-Mail Virus
Mydoom E-mail Worm Returns

I-DSL
Expanded Services in the I-Land Coverage Area

Ask The Help Desk
What Does "OS" Mean?

Sites Of The Month
Great Sites To Check Out In March!

Short Tutorial
Creating A Backup Of Your Outlook Express E-mail

 

Hello I-Land Internet Services Subscriber!

Spring arrives this month! With it comes spring break for the kids in school, March Madness for college basketball fans, and wearing lots of green for the Irish and the Irish at heart. This month's newsletter will help you to enjoy your last weeks of hibernation with interesting websites, a "Mydoom" e-mail worm warning, and a tutorial on backing up your e-mail messages.

The goal of each of our monthly eNewsletters is to keep our subscribers informed regarding their Internet connection and to improve their Internet experience. To meet this goal, each monthly newsletter will usually contain information related to:

  1. Warnings on a recent virus or e-mail hoax that may affect you
  2. An update on new services and other local interests
  3. An answer to a frequently asked Internet related question
  4. Some fun, seasonal websites to check out
  5. A short, step-by-step tutorial on an e-mail or browser related task
We think you'll find the information contained in this newsletter to be a valuable tool for enhancing your Internet experience. If, however, you'd prefer not to receive these bulletins on a monthly basis, click HERE.

To see what's inside this issue, take a look at the index to the left and thanks for reading!

- The I-Land Internet Services Team

E-Mail Virus - Mydoom E-mail Worm Returns

The "Mydoom" e-mail worm has returned. First discovered in January 2004, Mydoom became one of the top ten most prolific virus/worms of last year. Now anti-virus companies have reported a new variant of this mass-mailing worm. The variant is called "W32.Mydoom.AX@mm" and its discovery is one more example of why we encourage all our Internet users to install virus-scanning software on their computers and to frequently update their security software. (Note: Mydoom infects only Windows-based operating systems