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Book Sale

NOLA is selling copies of book titles that were formerly in our Book Discussion collection. They are located
in our Training Center and are $.25 per book. Below is a list of the titles and number of copies we have as of
June 8, 1999. Individuals or Libraries can purchase as many as you want. The book sale ends June 30th.

Items submitted by:
Millie Fry - Email
NOLA Regional Library System

Shell Extension City -

Always looking for those magical utilities to make your computer more productive, usable, or just plain "cool", then check out Shell Extension City.  This site offers users one of the largest and most descriptive lists of useful utilities that I have found.  Almost any user can find something at this site to improve the quality of their computing experience. 

NOTE: Don't forget to scan ALL downloaded programs for viruses - you can never be too careful

Want to know more?

All you need to know about Worm.ExploreZip -

There has been much talk about the latest wide-spread security risk on the net - the Worm.ExploreZip worm.  This worm is very similar to a virus in the damage that it does and the manner in which it infects computers.  The worm first reaches a users computer system as an attachment to an email message that will appear to be sent from someone that you have recently emailed.  The email message containing the worm will look like the following:

Hi Brad Stephens
I received your email and I shall send you a reply ASAP.
Till then, take a look at the attached zipped docs.

The message will have an attachment that when opened (double clicked) will start the worm - until the attachment is opened the computer IS NOT INFECTED OR DAMAGED. Once the worm has been activated it will destroy all .doc, .xls, and .ppt files (along with a few other file types such as .h, .cpp, and .asm) on the hard disk and any network accessible drives that the user can access with write permission.  In addition to deleting numerous files from the hard disk and network shares Worm.ExploreZip will monitor the inbox of users running the Outlook or Exchange email clients and attempt to send itself to those persons who have sent the user of the infected computer email messages recently.  All said this is a nasty critter but you can keep yourself and your computer safe by following these simple steps: 

1. Keep you antivirus software definitions up to date

2. Be very cautious about email attachments, configure your antivirus software to scan all files before they are opened/executed

3. Properly backup your important files on a regular basis

Items submitted by:
Brad Stephens - Email
NOLA Regional Library System

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