RE: OT: Virus(?) help

["Malcolm Surgenor" <malcolm@xxxxxxx>]

Thanks Pedro, I did check out the description on Symantec's site first but
did pick up from there that this was one of the outcomes...  I've now
looked
at McAfee's site which is more helpful.  I now have a rule set up to catch
and delete these. Thanks again I feel relaxed again!  I can get back to my
CCTV cameras again.  :-)

Malcolm
-----Original Message-----
From: Pedro de Oliveira [mailto:p.oliveira@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 02 December 2003 19:24
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] OT: Virus(?) help


Malcolm

That is the nature of bugbear - it forges the "from" field to to
look like
it comes from someones address in the infected computers contacts list.  It
means someone who has you in their contacts list is infected with
bugbear.... not you.

I wouldn't worry about it - just make sure your virus defs are up to date.

Pedro

-----Original Message-----
From: Malcolm Surgenor [mailto:malcolm@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Tue 02/12/2003 18:42
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Cc:
Subject: [ukha_d] OT: Virus(?) help




I know it's off thread but hopefully one of you guys can point me in
the
right direction.  I came home tonight to find about 50 e-mails from
people
I've never heard off returning an e-mail I supposedly sent to them
because
it contained a virus (w32.bugbear.b.dam). Some, who obviously didn't
have
virus protection themselves, just returned it saying I'd sent an
e-mail to
them in error.

Firstly, I've always considered myself well protected with an up to
date
copy of Norton running on all my machines together with ZoneAlarm Pro.
Indeed Norton caught the virus in any of the e-mails that just retuned
the
original e-mail including the virus.

The e-mail they were returning looked as thought it came from my
domain but
it used an address that I have never used (it used the name Charlie
and
there is no Charlie in my family!).  How can someone send out an
e-mail
using my domain name / e-mail address.

Many of the retuned e-mails were from automatic virus checkers but I
find it
extremely embarrassing that all these people think that I sent them an
infected e-mail!

Malcolm



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