[Elecraft] unknown email

Wed Oct 2 18:07:00 2002

At 04:05 PM 10/2/02, [email protected] wrote:
>i have been getting emails  from [email protected] (ron deau claire)
>with subj line ( ref elecraft) testing how loud it is
>with text from w5yr
>this email comes with a download file
>other info line file setup.scr ( 50688 bytes) dl time (4666bps)<-1mins
>i have not opened this file its the 3rd one sent to me today
>i'm not up on this much but i think its a bad news email
>hope to catch some of you when im on jersey isl  73 chris

Please don't blame Ron!

These messages are NOT from Ron, but from the WORM_BUGBEAR.A virus which 
has infected a number of PCs. It 'spoofs' the e-mail address of someone in 
the infected PC's address book and uses it as if the (now also infected) 
message had come from that person, thus shifting the blame from the 
infected PC.

So far today, I've received no less than five messages infected with this 
virus.

For more info, visit:

http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_BUGBEAR.A

NOTE that this URL may have wrapped into two (broken) lines, so you may 
have to copy/paste in order to enter the entire URL into your browser.

73,

Tom Hammond   N0SS