FYI, this looks to be a bad one.

I am still trying to see what the payload is, whether in the e-mail
itself or in an attachment, and what kind of attachment.

Any one know?

John Tolmachoff
IT Manager, Network Engineer
RelianceSoft, Inc.
Fullerton, CA  92835
www.reliancesoft.com


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From: Sophos Alert System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 10:01 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: EMERGENCY ALERT: W32/Bugbear-A spreading rapidly

EMERGENCY ALERT: W32/Bugbear-A spreading rapidly


Sophos has received several reports in a short space of time of users
receiving an email-aware worm called W32/Bugbear-A.

Sophos issued a virus identity (IDE) file for W32/Bugbear-A on 30th
September 2002 and is recommending customers update their copies of
Sophos Anti-Virus to protect against it.

More information about W32/Bugbear-A can be found at
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32bugbeara.html

Download the IDE file from
http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/bugbeara.ide

Download a ZIP file containing all the IDE files available for
the current version of Sophos Anti-Virus from
http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/ides.zip

Read about how to use IDE files at
http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/using.html




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