Virus sweeps through university e-mail
When Corey Tincher discovered his SIU e-mail inbox filled with messages that appeared to be sent from himself, he said he knew they were spam.
Tincher, a graduate student from Marion in applied psychology, said he sometimes sends himself e-mails, but he knew he did not forward himself ones titled "Now everyone knows your secrets" and "Shaming videos of Obamas." These e-mails were a hoax that gave users' computers a virus if they clicked "unsubscribe," said Frank Scobby, director of information technology.
"We probably reject like 60,000 e-mails a day," Scobby said. "Because it's an siu.edu e-mail source, there's not a heck of a lot we can do. These hackers are very good." Tincher said he planned to use his other e-mail accounts instead of the university's if he continued to get spam under the cover of his university address.
