[SOC] Re: Virus Alert

[Paul Bartlett]

Hi Gary/All,

I'm looking into this right now. As I type, the machine is being virus
scanned
using virus data files updated about half an hour ago. (Previous update was
last Sunday).

I'm particularly concerned that the offending email comes from:

"gaz.bradley5*at*fulking.freeserve.co.uk " since anything *at*
fulking.freeserve.co.uk is me and there's no gaz.bradley here.

I'll keep you posted....

*** stop press ***

The virus scan reported my machine to be clean.

The implication is that somehow my password for the smtp server at freeserve
has been compromised. This was changed about 5 minutes ago.

** Advice **

If you receive any mail from anything other than
paul*at*fulking.freeserve.co.uk
please delete immediately without reading.  I'd be grateful also if you
could
post me a brief note advising me that you've had to do this.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Paul :-(

p.s.

Thanks for the quick alert Gary.

P


----- Original Message -----
From: "Gorsuch, Gary" <GGorsuch@launc.tased.edu.au>
To: <gaz.bradley5@fulking.freeserve.co.uk>
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 10:51 PM
Subject: FW: Virus Alert


> You or someone on your email list may be infected.
> Gary
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virus-scan@mail2.tas.gov.au [mailto:virus-scan@mail2.tas.gov.au]
> Sent: Friday, 25 October 2002 7:51 AM
> To: GGorsuch@launc.tased.edu.au
> Subject: Virus Alert
>
>
> The mail message to you from gaz.bradley5@fulking.freeserve.co.uk (on
> 10/25/2002 07:51:09) contained the virus 'WORM_BUGBEAR.A' in the file
> 'Classeur1.xls.exe'.  The virus has been removed.  [Telstra Networking
> Tasmania MTS]
>