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Re: Subject: [ST] Virus Alerts
- Subject: Re: Subject: [ST] Virus Alerts
- From: "Mike Bostock" <sprint-st@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 14:22:00 +0100
In your message regarding Re: Subject: [ST] Virus Alerts dated Wed, 9
Oct 2002 10:58:37 -0500 , Anderson, Neil G (CPR) said that ...
>ANG(- Mike Bostock wrote:
>
> >See my email just sent - Bugbear spoofs the From: address. The attachment
> >would not be passed on by Eric's list-server - it is set to strip all
> >attachments and HTML
>ANG(-
>ANG(- The message with the virus attachment actually came from
>ANG(- owner-st-digest@xxxxxxxxxx, not our beloved digest address of
>ANG(- owner-st-digest@xxxxxxxxxxx No idea how it created that address, but I've
>ANG(- seen a few messages from various sources with the virus attached, so y'all
>ANG(- be careful out there!
Bugbear uses the front part (ie the bit before the @) from one
address and the last part from another on the victim's PC to
formulate the From: address and then sends its payload to all the
email addresses it can find on the victim's machine!
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Mike Bostock
mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.toothfairy.co.uk/
Wales and SW ST Riders
http://www.sprint-st.org/
'99 Red ST
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