virused emails

From: "Alan Galloway" alan_galloway at ncsu.edu> on 2002.10.04 at 10:28:21(9491) I would like to clarify that the virused emails that some of us (myself included) received was not sent through through the aroid-l list server. It was sent from and infected machine of an individual. Alan +More > I you receive a msg. from Boos with the subject line regarding the > Monroe Birdsey Award.... It has an attachment... Trash it > immediately! It is a worm type virus... > > This message is being sent at Juliuses request... > Dewey

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at msn.com> on 2002.10.08 at 00:41:51(9503) Dear Friends, I`m back---Alan, thanks for clarifying the below. In an attempt to let others know what had befallen my comp., let me tell you that my comp. was recently upgraded from Windows 95 to 98, the Norton virus protection from W/95 could not be transfered from W/95 to W/98, we were NOT informed of this whan the upgrade was made, so not one, but FIVE virus' quickly infected my comp.; the worst was the 'bugbear', others were 'hooker', 'eikem', 'klenz', and 'badtrans'. These came in disguised as a letter with a subject line 'Monroe Birdsey Award', so they did 'fool' me. They were sent by a trojan-type virus via a trusted member of this list to me, he had no way to know that his comp. was doing it (it would be interesting to find out where HE got it from!!). It cost me dearly in time and $$ to fix my comp., and I can only hope not many on this list were infected. I urge all who do NOT have GOOD virus protection to get it ASAP. Onward to fun again! Julius +More >>I would like to clarify that the virused emails that some of us (myself included) received was not sent through through the aroid-l list server. It was sent from and infected machine of an individual. Alan<< > I you receive a msg. from Boos with the subject line regarding the > Monroe Birdsey Award.... It has an attachment... Trash it > immediately! It is a worm type virus... > > This message is being sent at Juliuses request... > Dewey

From: SelbyHort at aol.com on 2002.10.08 at 13:32:34(9505) Julius, it was dismaying to learn that you had this problem. Your pleas for all to obtain needed virus protection should be heeded! One of the strange things about many of these new viruses is the abilty to "spoof" the sender's address so that it looks like it is from someone you know when in fact it could actually be sent from some distant person you have never connected with. That unknown person may indeed have the linking individual's email address on their computer. The virus picks up a random address on the infected machine and uses it to send out its message so that it looks like your trusted friend was the person who sent it to you. This is the hacker's way of covering the viruses trail and it is very effective since it is most difficult to determine who actually has the virused machine when there is a high degree of spoofing going on. In addition some of these viruses drop a payload that copies all your keystrokes and opens a hidden port on your computer so it can send whatever you are typing to the hacker who can then use other software to extract vital bits of information such as passwords and credit card numbers. The truely malicious new bugbear virus does this and it will also prevent your virus protection software from even intercepting it. It originated from somewhere in Indonesia, a place rife with credit card thieves. Go to any major virus protection software web site to learn more about how these nasty things operate. Hopefully the information there will put the fear in you to get your virus software upgraded and keep it that way. Unfortunately, it takes a fair amount of work to manage all this upgrading and patching, and most people get too complacent about these things or do not know how to do it themselves. Donna +More > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alan Galloway > To: > Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 6:28 AM > Subject: Re: [aroid-l] virused emails > > > Dear Friends, > > I`m back---Alan, thanks for clarifying the below. > In an attempt to let others know what had befallen my comp., let me tell > you that my comp. was recently upgraded from Windows 95 to 98, the Norton > virus protection from W/95 could not be transfered from W/95 to W/98, we > were NOT informed of this whan the upgrade was made, so not one, but FIVE > virus' quickly infected my comp.; the worst was the 'bugbear', others were > 'hooker', 'eikem', 'klenz', and 'badtrans'. These came in disguised as a > letter with a subject line 'Monroe Birdsey Award', so they did 'fool' me. > They were sent by a trojan-type virus via a trusted member of this list to > me, he had no way to know that his comp. was doing it (it would be > interesting to find out where HE got it from!!). It cost me dearly in > time and $$ to fix my comp., and I can only hope not many on this list were > infected. I urge all who do NOT have GOOD virus protection to get it > ASAP. > Onward to fun again!

From: "Ron Iles" roniles at eircom.net> on 2002.10.08 at 17:37:52(9508) Hi Donna, How new is this W32 bugbear please? Recently I have only been updating weekly. With the mass of original ongoing daily writing I cannot risk penetration of ANY virus. I have done two virus checks & NO vira. When an attachment with bugbear comes in, the "RED ALERT" flashes instantly & I press "delete" from a great height. Are there Vira which need extra protection than Norton updated daily? If the email is HTLM can it contain hidden undetectable vira? Should one only use plain text? Please advice Folks. My double editing screens sometimes scroll up & down of their own accord, wildly dancing in time with my brain, rampant, uncontrollable. Do I have a virus or is my little mouse dying? I have trained my inbox to chuckle loudly when fun comes in. Please help my delicate nature. We don't want these nasty things in chaste Ireland. R. A. Noni Mouse +More ----- Original Message ----- To: Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 2:32 PM Subject: Re: [aroid-l] virused emails Julius, it was dismaying to learn that you had this problem. Your pleas for all to obtain needed virus protection should be heeded! One of the strange things about many of these new viruses is the abilty to "spoof" the sender's address so that it looks like it is from someone you know when in fact it could actually be sent from some distant person you have never connected with. That unknown person may indeed have the linking individual's email address on their computer. The virus picks up a random address on the infected machine and uses it to send out its message so that it looks like your trusted friend was the person who sent it to you. This is the hacker's way of covering the viruses trail and it is very effective since it is most difficult to determine who actually has the virused machine when there is a high degree of spoofing going on. In addition some of these viruses drop a payload that copies all your keystrokes and opens a hidden port on your computer so it can send whatever you are typing to the hacker who can then use other software to extract vital bits of information such as passwords and credit card numbers. The truely malicious new bugbear virus does this and it will also prevent your virus protection software from even intercepting it. It originated from somewhere in Indonesia, a place rife with credit card thieves. Go to any major virus protection software web site to learn more about how these nasty things operate. Hopefully the information there will put the fear in you to get your virus software upgraded and keep it that way. Unfortunately, it takes a fair amount of work to manage all this upgrading and patching, and most people get too complacent about these things or do not know how to do it themselves. Donna > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alan Galloway > To: > Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 6:28 AM > Subject: Re: [aroid-l] virused emails > > > Dear Friends, > > I`m back---Alan, thanks for clarifying the below. > In an attempt to let others know what had befallen my comp., let me tell > you that my comp. was recently upgraded from Windows 95 to 98, the Norton > virus protection from W/95 could not be transfered from W/95 to W/98, we > were NOT informed of this whan the upgrade was made, so not one, but FIVE > virus' quickly infected my comp.; the worst was the 'bugbear', others were > 'hooker', 'eikem', 'klenz', and 'badtrans'. These came in disguised as a > letter with a subject line 'Monroe Birdsey Award', so they did 'fool' me. > They were sent by a trojan-type virus via a trusted member of this list to > me, he had no way to know that his comp. was doing it (it would be > interesting to find out where HE got it from!!). It cost me dearly in > time and $$ to fix my comp., and I can only hope not many on this list were > infected. I urge all who do NOT have GOOD virus protection to get it > ASAP. > Onward to fun again!

From: MossyTrail at cs.com on 2002.10.09 at 01:49:45(9510) In a message dated 10/8/2002 8:54:19 AM Pacific Daylight Time, SelbyHort@aol.com writes: > That unknown person may indeed have the linking +More > individual's email address on their computer. The virus picks up a random > address on the infected machine and uses it to send out its message so that > it looks like your trusted friend was the person who sent it to you. This > is > the hacker's way of covering the viruses trail and it is very effective > since > it is most difficult to determine who actually has the virused machine when > there is a high degree of spoofing going on. Tip: Unless your friend specifically mentions an attachment somewhere in the body of the email, assume it is a virus. (We learned this lesson with the "happy99" virus of several years ago.) And even if the text does mention an attachment, be alert for something "not right," for example, we once got a message, supposedly from a friend, with a message claiming the attachment was a game the friend had created -- the problem was, the message was in very bad English, whereas the friend was a native speaker. It never hurts to ask your friend to verify whether the attachment was authorized, as I attempted to do with the two from Aroid-L members. (When all I got in reply was Mailer-Daemon, that told me to play it safe and trash them.) Jason Hernandez Naturalist-at-Large

From: "Clarence Hammer" chammer at cfl.rr.com> on 2002.10.09 at 19:02:49(9511) My newer Norton Antivirus has taken care of about 8 viruses that I've received recently. Definitely worth the money to save frustration and $$ to have a good antivirus installed. Mine screens every email I send and receive, quarantines those bad ones I get, and I delete from there with no ill effects. Russ

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