Hi,
I know , the "moderator or off-list flame virus" will soon be activated when
too many people open their "virus"
inbox-subdirectory and share the headers with all, but perhaps the following
might help:
a) BugBear has a constant byte size of the attached executable file (-> TV
news yesterday)
b) offen the .exe postfix is hidden somehow (carefully open attachment with
"textedit" or auto-scan for "W32" character-sequence)
c) similar "W32.xxx@yyy" viruses (virii) auto-generate a subject line with a
date (like "Jun 21 2001 18" or even
"Has been updated on October")
or a text offering some kind of "tool" ("A special powful tool" or "A very
good tool" - note the SPACE-char before the
computer generated/inserted adjective - and of course that touch of bad
English) or they offer a "new game".
The guys at NIPC.gov (eMail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]) seem to be highly
motivated - even to receive KiloBytes of
virus-eMail headers (of cause they will point you to the newest
Norton/Symantec/McAfee/... antivirus software.
In the U.K. federal law allows withdrawal of unwanted types of snail-mail in
the main postal service center - perhaps
recently increased governmental security approach to the internet can
achieve the same with "BugBear"
(at least in U.K./U.S.) ?
sincerely,
U. Penski
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
( a very simple virus firewall can be found in the "servant" package e.g. @
http://uuhome.de/penski/applicat.htm )
-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Bentley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 3:23 AM
To: JDJList
Subject: [jdjlist] Re: jsp/html editor note
Yep got an alert here too :
"The email attachment photo.scr is infected with the
W32.Bugbear@mm virus."
...
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