[Dispatch] FW: **Virus Alert**

[Jeffrey J Wittig]

In case you hadn't heard the announcements over the radio and in case you happen to receive one of these emails, please read the advisory below to minimize any further impacts on your systems.

Jeffrey J. Wittig, CFE, CFO<http://www.publicsafetyexcellence.org/professional-credentialing/chief-fire-officer/list-of-cfos.aspx>
Fire Chief
Travis County Emergency Services District #3
Oak Hill Fire Department
512-288-5534, ext. 114, Office
512-569-8380, Wireless
512-288-5844, Fax
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There is a virus propagating throughout the City of Austin right now through email. It appears the subject is "Daily Report". There is a zip file attached with an executable inside. The email appears innocuous until the executable is run and then it spreads via email from the mailbox of the infected machine. All agencies have been notified and CTM is working to resolve this issue ASAP. Current antivirus patterns are not catching this so we're relying on the emails themselves to track it down. If an employee runs the executable we are asking that the PC be removed physically from the network or just turned off. A help desk incident can be opened to track it so we can more easily resolve it once we know more about what it has done, but the immediate concern is just removing it from the network.

Thank you,
Chris Stewart
IT Supervisor
City of Austin - CTECC
(512) 422-3229 cell
(512) 974-0918 office

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