Big Brother In The Workplace

[Rhys]

Greeting all,

I was rather surprised to find this email in my workplace email account. Not really quite sure what to make of this.

From what I see on my screen is a little icon with an eye and red stop sign every time, I log into Thai Visa.

Any suggestions, comments.

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A virus (TROJ_MEREDROP.GJ) was detected in the file

(user-EA49943X-activities.zip/user-EA49943X-activities.exe). Action taken = delete

Your mail has been scanned by InterScan MSA.

***********-***********

Your internet access is going to get suspended

The Internet Service Provider Consorcium was made to protect the rights of software

authors, artists.

We conduct regular wiretapping on our networks, to monitor criminal acts.

We are aware of your illegal activities on the internet wich were originating from

You can check the report of your activities in the past 6 month that we have

attached. We strongly advise you to stop your activities regarding the illegal

downloading of copyrighted material of your internet access will be suspended.

Sincerely

ICS Monitoring Team

Edited September 18, 2008 by Rhys

[Gumballl]

Well, you could start by not surfing to ThaiVisa.com while you are at the workplace.

I've worked for companies in the past that prohibited employees from visiting certain sites that can contain information/pictures that are not harmonious to a professional workplace. Using an internet filter, the companies would display a page indicating that the employee has attempted to visit a site that is not appropriate. Continued attempts to access the site would set off "alarm bells" at the IT desk.

Does ThaiVisa.com contain inappropriate material? Well, everyone is entitled to an opinion. Perhaps yours differs from your company's.

[Tywais]

(VIRUS/WORM/TROJAN ALERT!!!) - delete it and any attachments.

"ICS Monitoring Team

This one is a virus folks. If you have received an e-mail from an ICS Monitoring Team, delete the message. There is an attachment that includes a virus that comes along with the message. The message reads as follows."

http://www.xomba.com/ics_monitoring_team

http://wordpress.com/tag/ics-monitoring-team-scam/

[Rhys]

So this is virus that has originated from within the company email service? Thanks for the advice... Done

[Tywais]

So this is virus that has originated from within the company email service? Thanks for the advice... Done

Not necessarily from within the company but likely from an external source spoofing the source address.