From: dollehon@dds.nl
Date: 04 Oct 2002 14:52 uur
Kraken-post@dvxs.nl
Pas op, nieuw virus
Tja, het is weer zo laat. Ik kreeg al zo’n ding via een adres van Konfrontatie,
binnenkort zullen jullie hem ook wel krijgen. Een op mijn adres lijkend
mailadres (schuurman:
dollehon@montys.nl) schijnt dit virus nu ook te verspreiden.
Een lastige, schijnt zichzelf al te openen voor je het attachment weggooit.
Beter om dus online je mail te bekijken en aldaar alles met een attachment van
circa 70k weg te pleuren. Shit shit shit, hoelang zal m’n compu het nu nog doen?
Mazzel,
S.
Date:
Thu, 3 Oct 2002 16:16:12 -0700
From:
"Bureau of Public Secrets" <knabb@slip.net>
To:
"Bureau of Public Secrets" <knabb@slip.net>
Subject:
New Virus Information
Dear friends,
A new virus has appeared the last few days and seems to be spreading
very
rapidly. It is apparently a variation of the "Klez" viruses that started
circulating last spring. I personally have received over 30 messages
containing this virus in the past four days. That quantity no doubt
reflects
the fact that I have a pretty high public presence on the Net and am in
lots
of people's address lists; but it suggests that the virus is widespread
and
that many of you are also likely to receive it.
Like the previous Klez viruses, this virus can take advantage of a
glitch in
old Windows systems to automatically open itself onto your computer. So
if
you haven't updated your Windows 98, the usual advice -- "Do not open
strange email attachments" -- is not sufficient.
I recommend that you subscribe to some anti-virus program. I subscribe
to
McAfee's "VirusScan Online." It costs $30/year and is quite convenient
since
it updates itself automatically every few days (which is essential: an
anti-virus program that is even a week out of date will not catch this
current virus, for example, because it was just discovered a few days
ago).
I don't subscribe to McAfee's other programs (firewall, anti-spam,
etc.),
but the virus risk is a serious one. Without an anti-virus program
you're
almost bound to get a virus sooner or later. At best it's a hassle (you
have
to debug your computer and then send out warnings and apologies to
everyone
on your list); at worst, it could damage or destroy your files.
As most of you are aware, two of the telltale signs of a virus hoax are
that
it is not dated (and hence can continue circulating indefinitely) and
that
it contains no reliable references to verify it. For verification of
this
message, please see the notice below, sent to me today (Oct. 3) by
McAfee.
You can go to their site for information on the virus. And you can
subscribe
to VirusScan Online by clicking the link at the bottom.
Two additional notes: I've noticed that the virus-containing messages
are
almost invariably exactly 70K in size. So if you use a web-based email
system that shows the size, you can delete such messages before
downloading
them.
Note also: Among other deviousnesses, the virus tends to falsify the
return
address. So do not assume that a virus message seemingly sent from a
certain
address means that the computer at that address is infected. That
address
may simply have been gleaned from a computer that is infected.
Cheers,
Ken Knabb
*********************
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** VIRUS ALERT - W32/Bugbear@MM **
** HIGH RISK **
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Dear Ken,
McAfee.com has seen a large and growing number of computers
infected with W32/Bugbear@MM virus. The risk assessment has
been UPDATED TO HIGH for home and corporate users. Users
should update their anti-virus software as soon as possible.
DESCRIPTION
W32/Bugbear@MM is a mass-mailing worm that attempts to send
itself to email addresses found on an infected system. It
also spreads through open network shares and has the ability
to send print jobs to printers found on an infected network.
The "from" field, subject line, message body, and attachment
all vary widely and may appear to be legitimate email.
The virus will attempt to disable various security products,
including anti-virus and personal firewall software.
It will also try to install a backdoor trojan that can capture
what the user types, including sensitive information such as
passwords. The trojan will also allow a hacker to upload
files from the infected system, download files onto the system,
run executable files and stop processes from running.
HOW TO GET MORE INFORMATION
McAfee.com will continue to update you on the latest details
of the W32/Bugbear@MM virus, click here for more information:
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Sincerely,
McAfee.com
_________________________________________________
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