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Virus-Induced Email Storms (2002) Viruses like Klez, BugBear, Yaha, and Braid can make a mess if they happen to forge email to a group. Read why.

U-M Antivirus Update email announcements (moderated) You can subscribe to receive email messages with product upgrade announcements and the occasional emergency alert. For PCs and Macintosh.

U-M Virus Buster's Word Macro Viruses Fact Sheet (1997) General background info and details about what we've seen here at U-M in particular. Includes instructions and pointers.

U-M Virus Buster Interview (1998) E-mail interview of one of our staff members by a web "e-zine" on (not) getting viruses via e-mail.

U-M Virus Busters Anti-SPAM page (2003) Sick and tired of spam? Here are some tips for how to deal with it.

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U-M Information Technology Policies and Guidelines
This web site, maintained by the IT User Advocate, contains links to U-M's information technology policies and guidelines. Includes policies related to e-mail privacy, information about ethical and legal use of softwre, password security tips, and more.

IT User Advocate
The Information Technology (IT) User Advocate unit is dedicated to the responsible use of computing at U-M. The IT User Advocate site includes information about e-mail issues, your rights and responsibilities as a U-M information technology user, and more.

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