Zip file worm - don't open password protected zip!!!

One of the largest attacks of its kind is in play where millions of e-mails with a zipped file attached are showing up in mail boxes around the world.

The e-mail (and I've had several show up in my mailbox) says it is warning you about a problem and includes a password protected ZIP file with an executable in it.

We don't block zip files as that is one of the few ways of sending legitimate programs and such through the e-mail system that requires the recipient to do something to open it and run. We block .EXE files and .PIF files and such so they don't get through at all - but inside the ZIP file anything goes.

Don't open any zip file that you are not expecting - and in this particular case recognize that this password protected zip file is a REALLY BAD ONE...

richard