virus?

["Ken Carpenter" <KCarpenter@dmns.org>]

some recent blank emails from members of the DML makes me wonder if some of you 
are infected. The DMNS IT folks sent out the following alert:

Reminiscent of last summer's Lovsan/MS Blaster worm, W32/Sasser.worm.a and 
W32/Sasser.worm.b are Medium Risk Internet worms that exploit a vulnerability 
in the Microsoft Windows operating system, especially 2000 and XP. 

You do not need to click anything to become infected. Unlike typical viruses 
that arrive inside email attachments, Sasser worms and their variants attack 
vulnerable computers when they connect to the Internet. Infected PCs will 
repeatedly reboot and help spread the self-executing worms to other computers. 

Kenneth Carpenter, Ph.D.
Curator of Lower Vertebrate Paleontology &
Chief Preparator
Dept. of Earth Sciences
Denver Museum of Natural History 
2001 Colorado Blvd.
Denver, CO 80205

Phone: (303)370-6392
Fax: (303)331-6492
email: KCarpenter@DMNS.org

For fun:
 http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=Kcarpenter