[Towertalk] OT-Virus???

[Bob Nielsen]

Tom, et al,

>From what I've seen on some other lists, this latest virus apparently
grabs email addresses from the infected computer and then sends itself
out using those addresses for the "From:" line, as well as the "To:"
line.  A lot of people seem to be experiencing this currently. 

According to McAfee's web site it infects users of IE, while Norton's
web site says Outlook and Outlook Express.  Take your pick.  

Bob, N7XY

Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 09:54:50AM -0500, Tom Anderson wrote:
> Fellow Tower Talkians:
> 
> Pardon the off-topic message, but I was curious if others were having the same
> problem since many of the "bounced" e-mails I describe below are from/to other
> hams.
> 
> Have you been receiving a number of "bounced" e-mails recent to people you never
> sent e-mails to are e-mails infected with the W.32Klez virus?? Or have you noticed
> an increasing number of "infected" e-mails according to whichever anti-virus
> program you are using?
> 
> The latest bounced one was I supposedly sent to N5XX  recommending he use an IE
> 6.0 "patch" that was attached. It bounced because N5XX's  ISP said my e-mail was
> too long something like 100kb then Norton said it was infected with the W.32Klez
> virus on the return.
> 
> I've even gotten a bunch of e-mails with no message from, just blank, except for
> the header which is sent to my e-mail address from someone I've never heard of or
> it lists "undisclosed recipients" in the "To:" address line..
> 
> I don't even use IE, I use Netscape 4.79 since most viruses are seemingly written
> for IE than Netscape.
> 
> I've got Norton anti-virus running on both incoming and outgoing, plus their
> update service is running constantly in the background (it just now gave me the ok
> that all virus definitions are updated).
> 
> I even received an e-mail from/to  "myself" at least with my e-mail address  as
> the sender that was supposedly infected according to Norton.
> 
> A special download that Norton has for the W.32Klez virus  says my system is virus
> free.
> 
> I hope you haven gotten one of these messages with my e-mail address as the
> sender.
> 
> Again, pardon the off-topic message, I was interested if others were having this
> same problem that seems to have gotten more severe in the last week to 10 days.
> 
> Tom, WW5L
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