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The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AOUSC) has received
reports that some CM/ECF servers are sending viruses to law firms
that use the CM/ECF system. A listserver used by bankruptcy attorneys
has distributed many messages addressing this perceived problem.
From the sample e-mails the AOUSC has collected, it appears that the
reports are incorrect. Although, the '....uscourts.gov' e-mail
addresses appear in the e-mail headers, the Judiciary is neither
sending nor forwarding these messages. It appears that a KLEZ type
worm has infected one or more PCs outside the Judiciary and is
sending out e-mails that appear to be sent from the courts. The
AOUSC is continuing to investigate this issue.
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