Virus information

Dear Pambazuka News subscribers,

In the last few weeks there have been a multitude of viruses circulating over the Internet.

In some limited cases, the name Pambazuka has been adopted by these viruses, which can create the erroneous impression that an email carrying a virus has originated from Pambazuka News. We would like to stress that this is not as a result of a virus being sent through the Pambazuka News mailing list, but rather as a result of the virus adopting a spoofed address (which means that the sender in the "From" field is most likely not the real sender).

We would like to assure our subscribers that Pambazuka News is committed to doing everything possible in ensuring that our subscriber list remains secure and that we are not responsible for transmitting a virus to our list of email addresses.

Please note that Pambazuka News NEVER sends out attachments. If you receive an email with the name Pambazuka in it that contains an attachment, DO NOT open it.

For more information about the latest virus alerts, please visit http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/vinfodb.html or http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp.

The Pambazuka Team.