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A rare occurrence of a virus for AutoCAD

Our IT staff passed this one along - hopefully it has no affect on you and your business (it seems to have been mostly infecting Latin America):

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/21/autocad_worm/

As stated in the article,
"The worm, dubbed ACAD/Medre.A, steals files and sends them to email accounts located in China. ESET said it had worked with Chinese ISP Tencent, the Chinese National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center and Autodesk – the creator of AutoCAD – to stop the harvesting of drawings by blocking email accounts associated with relaying stolen data... ESET has released a free stand-alone cleaner utility to aid in the clean-up of infected systems.

AutoCAD malware strains are rare but not unprecedented. For example an AutoCAD virus surfaced in 2009.

More details on the AutoCAD worm attack can be found in a blog post by Eset"

Here is that more detailed blog post:
http://blog.eset.com/2012/06/21/acadmedre-10000s-of-autocad-files-leaked-in-suspected-industrial-espionage

-joe

Are You Best in BIM?

It's been nearly five months since our last BIM Spectrum event and we just announced our Call for Presentations today. We had an amazing group of presenters in February (and if you missed those presentations, you can watch them in the ProductivityNOW Portal) who really upped the bar for the fall.

BIM Spectrum is an online event that covers everything BIM-centric. From surveying to designing and beyond. We're looking for people with amazing stories to tell. If you think you've got what it takes to be a BIM Spectrum presenter at our October 4th event, check out the Call for Presentations and then submit your speaking proposal.

We'll be taking submissions until August 13, 2012 and notifying presenters no later than August 17. Looking forward to seeing your submissions.