[Kenwood] Virus

Sat, 19 Oct 2002 15:20:08 -0500

Dan-

This virus is probably the Bugbear virus. It will scan through an infected 
user's address book, randomly selecting someone's username and another 
person's domain name, then putting them together and using them as a 'from' 
header to distribute themselves to every entry in the address book. This 
simply makes the virus more difficult to track. It's likely not someone 
consciously doing anything malicious.

I would recommend that everyone get virus protection software and keep it 
updated. Bugbear is no fun!

73s,
Terry, N5RSE

At 03:08 PM 10/19/2002 -0500, Danny Shaver wrote:
>Evidently someone is trying to steal my identity and is sending out phoney
>messages in order to spread a virus. I have not been active on the internet
>or e-mail system for several weeks and was not aware this was happening. It
>is a shame that some people are so low as to do this. I became aware of it
>when my internet provider (who screens all my e-mails with anti-virus
>software) notified me of a message I received through one of these messages
>through this reflector. I have only one e-mail address, so if it does not
>come from [email protected], delete it !!- Dan N5NBK
>
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