Thought I'd pass along this warning from the "office": > >" We've been informed by our antivirus vendor of a > new high level virus > > called "BugBear.A". This worm terminates antivirus > processes and > > propagates by sending itself via email using its > own SMTP (Simple Mail > > Transfer Protocol) engine. The email that it sends > out contains no message > > body and uses any of the following as its subject: > > > · $150 FREE Bonus! > > · 25 merchants and rising > > · Announcement > > · bad news > > · CALL FOR INFORMATION! > > · click on this! > > · Confirmation of Recipes... > > · Correction of errors > > · Daily Email Reminder > > · empty account > > · fantastic > > · free shipping! > > · Get 8 FREE issues - no risk! > > · Get a FREE gift! > > · Greets! > > · hello! > > · history screen > > · hmm.. > > · I need help about script!!! > > · Interesting... > > · Introduction > > · its easy > > · Just a reminder > > · Lost & Found > > · Market Update Report > > · Membership Confirmation > > · My eBay ads > > · New bonus in your cash account > > · New Contests > > · new reading > > · Payment notices > > · Please Help... > > · Report > > · SCAM alert!!! > > · Sponsors needed > > · Stats > > · Today Only > > · Tools For Your Online Business > > · update > > · various > > · Warning! > > · Your Gift > > · Your News Alert > > The email attachment may be one of these: > > · Setup.exe > > · 3 July 2002.doc.pif > > It spoofs the FROM field of the email that it > sends out while the TO field > > contains addresses found in the Windows Address > Book (WAB). > > This worm opens port 36794 on the target system, > allowing a remote user to > > connect thereby compromising network security. It > also uses API > > (Application Program Interface) functions, ...................." Doug __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com
