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Subject:Re: VIRUS?!?! DON'T OPEN IT!
From:Joseph Fortino
Date:Tue, 19 Aug 2003 21:07:20 +0000

everyone!!

don't open it just delete it, hope no one has auto open set when they
read mail. I just delete them.

it might be this worm thing that got to the server.

Joe
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JD Foster [mailto:jidd@JIDDWARE.COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 08:45 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: VIRUS?!?!
>
> I've been emailing back & forth with John Rogers about this thing today.
>
> It appears that someone (or someones) on the list has contracted this
> bugger:
> http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.hllw.mankx@mm.html
>
> It scans the victim's computer for e-mail address in a number of places, and
> then sends infected messages to the found addresses with any of the
> following subjects:
>
> Your details
> Approved (Ref: 38446-263)
> Re: Approved (Ref: 3394-65467)
> Your password
> Re: My details
> Screensaver
> Cool screensaver
> Re: Movie
> Re: My application
>
> Heads up folks!  I'm suprised none have been pushed through the whole list
> quite frankly, does the list server have an anti-virus scanner?
>
> Cheers,
> JD
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeffrey Schwaia" <jeff@TSSGI.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 1:28 PM
> Subject: VIRUS?!?!
>
>
> > I've received about a dozen emails from list members.  Most have the
> subject
> > line of "Your Details" and have a pif file attachment.  Of course I
> deleted
> > all of them, but I just wanted to give everyone a heads up about the evil
> > lurking.
> >
> > I even got one from Stan... but his had "Your Application" in the subject
> > line.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Jeff
> >
>

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