> Howard Ray Lawrence wrote:
>>
>> Follow the wabbit.
>> ...
>> Attachment Name: pub_document.zip
>>
> First, it's doubtful that Howard, or his computer, actually sent this,
> as it's a Bagle virus/worm variant, which is of the type that randomly
> picks both From and To addresses from the files on the infected
> computer's hard drive (not limited to the address book). It appears to
> have been sent from within unm.edu, from a dynamically assigned IP
> through one of their DHCP servers.
not the first time on this list.
trashed...
I use a mac(k to knife into that)
and thanks anyway.
Pat
>
> So I hope nobody opened that attachment, even if somebody must have
> recently opened one in order to become infected.
>
> Anyone running Windows should scan their systems for viruses, and please
> install (and keep current) some AV software. Since the extreme
> proliferation and virus "wars" which started some weeks ago, my AV has
> been getting anywhere for 50 - 150+ new definitions a day, which is
> really off the scale. Most of these recent worms require someone to
> manually open and run the programs to get infected, so don't do it! Keep
> in mind that a couple very recent viruses attempt to use exploits which
> are now several years old, so if anyone is using an older, unpatched
> version of Outlook Express, please update it.
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>>
>> Follow the wabbit.
>> ...
>> Attachment Name: pub_document.zip
>>
> First, it's doubtful that Howard, or his computer, actually sent this,
> as it's a Bagle virus/worm variant, which is of the type that randomly
> picks both From and To addresses from the files on the infected
> computer's hard drive (not limited to the address book). It appears to
> have been sent from within unm.edu, from a dynamically assigned IP
> through one of their DHCP servers.
not the first time on this list.
trashed...
I use a mac(k to knife into that)
and thanks anyway.
Pat
>
> So I hope nobody opened that attachment, even if somebody must have
> recently opened one in order to become infected.
>
> Anyone running Windows should scan their systems for viruses, and please
> install (and keep current) some AV software. Since the extreme
> proliferation and virus "wars" which started some weeks ago, my AV has
> been getting anywhere for 50 - 150+ new definitions a day, which is
> really off the scale. Most of these recent worms require someone to
> manually open and run the programs to get infected, so don't do it! Keep
> in mind that a couple very recent viruses attempt to use exploits which
> are now several years old, so if anyone is using an older, unpatched
> version of Outlook Express, please update it.
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