Not specifically aimed at you, Acer, but I would reccomend that people do
not send virus and other such warnings to the mailing list. To a large
fraction of subscribers, this is irrelevant (pine/unix is ignorant to
Visual Basic Scripts, as are many other MUA/OS-combinations -
and I trust that many are running virus-catch'ers of their own). Allowing
such warnings could, IMHO, sets a dangerous precedent: a next step would
be what? Notifications that Vendor XXX has released new security-patches
for some MUA/OS? Vendor XXX has released a new version of some MUA/OS?
And yes, I've seen that happen more than once....
Thanks for listening...
--thomas
On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Acer V wrote:
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> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 16:10:32 -0500 (EST)
> From: CNET Virus Alert Dispatch <Cnet_Virus_Alert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: siddim01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Virus Alert: ""Anna"" Virus
>
> Virus Alert
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> February 12, 2001
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> ***************************************************
> Virus Alert: "Anna" Virus
>
> There's a new virus spamming the world. VBS/SST, also known as
> the "Anna" virus, has some of the same characteristics as last year's
> ILOVEYOU worm; namely, it sends itself to others using addresses
> from your Microsoft Outlook address book. Antivirus software companies
> are still investigating this new worm. We do know that "Anna" is a mass
> mailer: once you open the attachment, VBS/SST spawns new messages
> containing the virus and sends them off to everyone listed in your
> Microsoft Outlook address book. Consequently, "Anna" has the capacity
> to overload e-mail servers.
>
> This new VBS virus arrives via e-mail with the following information:
>
> Subject: Here you have, ;o)
> Body: Hi: Check This!
> Attached: AnnaKournikova.jpg.vbs
>
> Clicking on the attachment activates the worm. To protect yourself,
> don't open any suspicious email attachments. Also, make sure you have
> the latest antivirus definitions running on your system.
>
> Click here for a complete description of the "Anna" worm:
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