Virus Alert- email from rec.boats
 

noah wrote:
...just wanted to give everyone a "heads up".

I recently received a few emails from rec.boats users concerning my
FAQ questions, and also concerning "scareing" a 20hp Merc to put out
30hp.

Almost immediately, my rec.boats email addy started getting thumped
with virus attachments. I haven't sent the virus to McAfee yet, but
it is probably one of the current email worms or bugs. I update every
couple of days, use a firewall, and also use an email quarantine
utility, so it didn't get through to my system.

************************************************** ****************
Most of the virus email subjects repute to be a "Microsoft Security
Update", or related MS Upgrade. A few subjects referred to
"Undeliverable Mail".
************************************************** ****************

Be careful. Don't click on *any* executable (in this case it's 104Kb)
unless you know what it is.

Anyone who has emailed me recently should do a thorough virus scan,
with an updated protection program. It's a pretty good bet that one
of you has the virus, and it put me on the sucker list.

As you were... :o)
noah



Thanks!


--
* * *
email sent to will *never* get to me.

Virus Alert- email from rec.boats
 

....just wanted to give everyone a "heads up".

I recently received a few emails from rec.boats users concerning my
FAQ questions, and also concerning "scareing" a 20hp Merc to put out
30hp.

Almost immediately, my rec.boats email addy started getting thumped
with virus attachments. I haven't sent the virus to McAfee yet, but
it is probably one of the current email worms or bugs. I update every
couple of days, use a firewall, and also use an email quarantine
utility, so it didn't get through to my system.

************************************************** ****************
Most of the virus email subjects repute to be a "Microsoft Security
Update", or related MS Upgrade. A few subjects referred to
"Undeliverable Mail".
************************************************** ****************

Be careful. Don't click on *any* executable (in this case it's 104Kb)
unless you know what it is.

Anyone who has emailed me recently should do a thorough virus scan,
with an updated protection program. It's a pretty good bet that one
of you has the virus, and it put me on the sucker list.

As you were... :o)
noah

Virus Alert- email from rec.boats
 

I so wish I could think of a quick and witty reply to this. Ideally, I
would tie it back to the virus for a secondary gag. I'll use the excuse
that my brain is numbed by alcohol, I just made a drink and took one sip.
Yea, that's it.... sigh

-W

"noah" wrote in message

and also concerning "scareing" a 20hp Merc to put out 30hp.

Virus Alert- email from rec.boats
 

On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 20:18:12 -0500, noah wrote:

************************************************** ****************
Most of the virus email subjects repute to be a "Microsoft Security
Update", or related MS Upgrade. A few subjects referred to
"Undeliverable Mail".
************************************************** ****************

I just deleted over 200 of the damn things. I found this article on the
worm:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/32925.html

Virus Alert- email from rec.boats
 

Man, I'm getting tons of these things. Thank god for message rules.

"noah" wrote in message
...
...just wanted to give everyone a "heads up".

I recently received a few emails from rec.boats users concerning my
FAQ questions, and also concerning "scareing" a 20hp Merc to put out
30hp.

Almost immediately, my rec.boats email addy started getting thumped
with virus attachments. I haven't sent the virus to McAfee yet, but
it is probably one of the current email worms or bugs. I update every
couple of days, use a firewall, and also use an email quarantine
utility, so it didn't get through to my system.

************************************************** ****************
Most of the virus email subjects repute to be a "Microsoft Security
Update", or related MS Upgrade. A few subjects referred to
"Undeliverable Mail".
************************************************** ****************

Be careful. Don't click on *any* executable (in this case it's 104Kb)
unless you know what it is.

Anyone who has emailed me recently should do a thorough virus scan,
with an updated protection program. It's a pretty good bet that one
of you has the virus, and it put me on the sucker list.

As you were... :o)
noah

Virus Alert- email from rec.boats
 

Yea, I've been getting those continuously since yesterday... about 50 times
so far. I also got a bunch of the latest worm attacks last week, but not
nearly as bad as the last time.

--


Keith
__
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his
fools."--Ernest Hemingway
"noah" wrote in message
...
...just wanted to give everyone a "heads up".

I recently received a few emails from rec.boats users concerning my
FAQ questions, and also concerning "scareing" a 20hp Merc to put out
30hp.

Almost immediately, my rec.boats email addy started getting thumped
with virus attachments. I haven't sent the virus to McAfee yet, but
it is probably one of the current email worms or bugs. I update every
couple of days, use a firewall, and also use an email quarantine
utility, so it didn't get through to my system.

************************************************** ****************
Most of the virus email subjects repute to be a "Microsoft Security
Update", or related MS Upgrade. A few subjects referred to
"Undeliverable Mail".
************************************************** ****************

Be careful. Don't click on *any* executable (in this case it's 104Kb)
unless you know what it is.

Anyone who has emailed me recently should do a thorough virus scan,
with an updated protection program. It's a pretty good bet that one
of you has the virus, and it put me on the sucker list.

As you were... :o)
noah

Virus Alert- email from rec.boats
 

I feel neglected. . .I've only had to delete 21 since last night, Ron.

"thunder" wrote
I just deleted over 200 of the damn things. I found this article on the
worm:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/32925.html

Virus Alert- email from rec.boats
 

Noah, it might not be the fault of rec.boats' gentle readers; it could be
that your email address was harvested from an earlier post. I notice
you have munged your address slightly, but it was not always so.

Spammers use robots to cull email addresses from Usenet posts, so
** Never use your real email address when posting to Usenet! **

Make it easy to clean up, like Noah has done, if you really want
to be able get email from anybody on the planet with a news reader.

-- frosty

noah wrote:
...just wanted to give everyone a "heads up".

I recently received a few emails from rec.boats users concerning my
FAQ questions, and also concerning "scareing" a 20hp Merc to put out
30hp.

Almost immediately, my rec.boats email addy started getting thumped
with virus attachments. I haven't sent the virus to McAfee yet, but
it is probably one of the current email worms or bugs. I update every
couple of days, use a firewall, and also use an email quarantine
utility, so it didn't get through to my system.

************************************************** ****************
Most of the virus email subjects repute to be a "Microsoft Security
Update", or related MS Upgrade. A few subjects referred to
"Undeliverable Mail".
************************************************** ****************

Be careful. Don't click on *any* executable (in this case it's 104Kb)
unless you know what it is.

Anyone who has emailed me recently should do a thorough virus scan,
with an updated protection program. It's a pretty good bet that one
of you has the virus, and it put me on the sucker list.

As you were... :o)
noah

Virus Alert- email from rec.boats
 

noah wrote:

...just wanted to give everyone a "heads up".

I recently received a few emails from rec.boats users concerning my
FAQ questions, and also concerning "scareing" a 20hp Merc to put out
30hp.

Almost immediately, my rec.boats email addy started getting thumped
with virus attachments. I haven't sent the virus to McAfee yet, but
it is probably one of the current email worms or bugs. I update every
couple of days, use a firewall, and also use an email quarantine
utility, so it didn't get through to my system.

************************************************** ****************
Most of the virus email subjects repute to be a "Microsoft Security
Update", or related MS Upgrade. A few subjects referred to
"Undeliverable Mail".
************************************************** ****************

I've got several of these too since yesterday.

This is the W32.Swen.A@mm worm, a new worm that was first discovered on
September 18. For detailed information, see the following URL:





Stig Arne Bye

E-mail ......:
Contact .....: AOL IM: VT480TFE / MSN: / ICQ: 403349
Snail-Mail ..: P.O.Box 169, NO-9915 Kirkenes, Norway
Homepage ....: http://home.online.no/~stigbye/index.html
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Located just about 70°N 30°E - Almost at the top of the world!

Virus Alert- email from rec.boats
 

Yesterday Comcast was passing the entire 104K file and filled up my mailbox
by 3 pm. I lost a lot of my mailing list traffic.

Now they have some sort of filter that just says that they have deleted a
message. So far I have deleted over 300 of these things today. Shesh -
enough already!

The kiddies that are writing this trash should get a new hobby - perhaps
boating? Hmm, on the other hand - it would probably turn out that they would
take up wetbikes!

Mark Browne

"noah" wrote in message
...
...just wanted to give everyone a "heads up".

I recently received a few emails from rec.boats users concerning my
FAQ questions, and also concerning "scareing" a 20hp Merc to put out
30hp.

Almost immediately, my rec.boats email addy started getting thumped
with virus attachments. I haven't sent the virus to McAfee yet, but
it is probably one of the current email worms or bugs. I update every
couple of days, use a firewall, and also use an email quarantine
utility, so it didn't get through to my system.

************************************************** ****************
Most of the virus email subjects repute to be a "Microsoft Security
Update", or related MS Upgrade. A few subjects referred to
"Undeliverable Mail".
************************************************** ****************

Be careful. Don't click on *any* executable (in this case it's 104Kb)
unless you know what it is.

Anyone who has emailed me recently should do a thorough virus scan,
with an updated protection program. It's a pretty good bet that one
of you has the virus, and it put me on the sucker list.

As you were... :o)
noah

Virus Alert- email from rec.boats
 

For those of you who use Outlook Express, it has a really stupid option, in
Tools Options Send:

"Automatically put people I reply to in my address book"

I believe this option is turned ON by default when Outlook Express is
installed. In any case, it should always be shut OFF. Otherwise, your
address book becomes a prime path for the spread of viruses which send
themselves to everyone you know.




"noah" wrote in message
...
...just wanted to give everyone a "heads up".

I recently received a few emails from rec.boats users concerning my
FAQ questions, and also concerning "scareing" a 20hp Merc to put out
30hp.

Almost immediately, my rec.boats email addy started getting thumped
with virus attachments. I haven't sent the virus to McAfee yet, but
it is probably one of the current email worms or bugs. I update every
couple of days, use a firewall, and also use an email quarantine
utility, so it didn't get through to my system.

************************************************** ****************
Most of the virus email subjects repute to be a "Microsoft Security
Update", or related MS Upgrade. A few subjects referred to
"Undeliverable Mail".
************************************************** ****************

Be careful. Don't click on *any* executable (in this case it's 104Kb)
unless you know what it is.

Anyone who has emailed me recently should do a thorough virus scan,
with an updated protection program. It's a pretty good bet that one
of you has the virus, and it put me on the sucker list.

As you were... :o)
noah

Virus Alert- email from rec.boats
 

Really? I'd love to see a message rule that works. I've made a rule
containing every permutation I've seen for the subject line of the worm, but
half of them are still getting through. What a pain in the ass....

"j" wrote in message
news:6VEab.70406$Zw4.52271@lakeread03...
Man, I'm getting tons of these things. Thank god for message rules.

"noah" wrote in message
...
...just wanted to give everyone a "heads up".

I recently received a few emails from rec.boats users concerning my
FAQ questions, and also concerning "scareing" a 20hp Merc to put out
30hp.

Almost immediately, my rec.boats email addy started getting thumped
with virus attachments. I haven't sent the virus to McAfee yet, but
it is probably one of the current email worms or bugs. I update every
couple of days, use a firewall, and also use an email quarantine
utility, so it didn't get through to my system.

************************************************** ****************
Most of the virus email subjects repute to be a "Microsoft Security
Update", or related MS Upgrade. A few subjects referred to
"Undeliverable Mail".
************************************************** ****************

Be careful. Don't click on *any* executable (in this case it's 104Kb)
unless you know what it is.

Anyone who has emailed me recently should do a thorough virus scan,
with an updated protection program. It's a pretty good bet that one
of you has the virus, and it put me on the sucker list.

As you were... :o)
noah

Virus Alert- email from rec.boats
 

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
For those of you who use Outlook Express, it has a really stupid option,
in
Tools Options Send:

"Automatically put people I reply to in my address book"

I believe this option is turned ON by default when Outlook Express is
installed. In any case, it should always be shut OFF. Otherwise, your
address book becomes a prime path for the spread of viruses which send
themselves to everyone you know.

Good point. I just turned it off. Thanks.

Virus Alert- email from rec.boats
 

Microsoft set up some tripwire software in some of the patches that triggers
when apps go after the address book. In the spy -vs.- spy world of computer
viruses, the kiddies have changed their tactics. This particular virus scans
files on your computer looking for stuff that looks like email addresses. In
this particular case, having a clean address book is not much help.

Mark Browne

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
For those of you who use Outlook Express, it has a really stupid option,
in
Tools Options Send:

"Automatically put people I reply to in my address book"

I believe this option is turned ON by default when Outlook Express is
installed. In any case, it should always be shut OFF. Otherwise, your
address book becomes a prime path for the spread of viruses which send
themselves to everyone you know.




"noah" wrote in message
...
...just wanted to give everyone a "heads up".

I recently received a few emails from rec.boats users concerning my
FAQ questions, and also concerning "scareing" a 20hp Merc to put out
30hp.

Almost immediately, my rec.boats email addy started getting thumped
with virus attachments. I haven't sent the virus to McAfee yet, but
it is probably one of the current email worms or bugs. I update every
couple of days, use a firewall, and also use an email quarantine
utility, so it didn't get through to my system.

************************************************** ****************
Most of the virus email subjects repute to be a "Microsoft Security
Update", or related MS Upgrade. A few subjects referred to
"Undeliverable Mail".
************************************************** ****************

Be careful. Don't click on *any* executable (in this case it's 104Kb)
unless you know what it is.

Anyone who has emailed me recently should do a thorough virus scan,
with an updated protection program. It's a pretty good bet that one
of you has the virus, and it put me on the sucker list.

As you were... :o)
noah

Virus Alert- email from rec.boats
 

"Mark Browne" wrote in message
.. .
Microsoft set up some tripwire software in some of the patches that
triggers
when apps go after the address book. In the spy -vs.- spy world of
computer
viruses, the kiddies have changed their tactics. This particular virus
scans
files on your computer looking for stuff that looks like email addresses.
In
this particular case, having a clean address book is not much help.

True, Mark, but there still a half dozen viruses floating around which DO
use the address book technique. I receive a dozen of them per week.

It's a very rare user who needs that option turned on.

Virus Alert- email from rec.boats
 

I filter is based on the from field and anything else with an attachment
goes in a junk folder so I can look at it before deleting. It's not
foolproof but it works quite well for me, I don't get many legitimate emails
with attachments anyways.

JAy


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
Really? I'd love to see a message rule that works. I've made a rule
containing every permutation I've seen for the subject line of the worm,
but
half of them are still getting through. What a pain in the ass....

"j" wrote in message
news:6VEab.70406$Zw4.52271@lakeread03...
Man, I'm getting tons of these things. Thank god for message rules.

"noah" wrote in message
...
...just wanted to give everyone a "heads up".

I recently received a few emails from rec.boats users concerning my
FAQ questions, and also concerning "scareing" a 20hp Merc to put out
30hp.

Almost immediately, my rec.boats email addy started getting thumped
with virus attachments. I haven't sent the virus to McAfee yet, but
it is probably one of the current email worms or bugs. I update every
couple of days, use a firewall, and also use an email quarantine
utility, so it didn't get through to my system.

************************************************** ****************
Most of the virus email subjects repute to be a "Microsoft Security
Update", or related MS Upgrade. A few subjects referred to
"Undeliverable Mail".
************************************************** ****************

Be careful. Don't click on *any* executable (in this case it's 104Kb)
unless you know what it is.

Anyone who has emailed me recently should do a thorough virus scan,
with an updated protection program. It's a pretty good bet that one
of you has the virus, and it put me on the sucker list.

As you were... :o)
noah

Virus Alert- email from rec.boats
 

"noah" wrote in message
...
...just wanted to give everyone a "heads up".

I recently received a few emails from rec.boats users concerning my
FAQ questions, and also concerning "scareing" a 20hp Merc to put out
30hp.

Almost immediately, my rec.boats email addy started getting thumped
with virus attachments. I haven't sent the virus to McAfee yet, but
it is probably one of the current email worms or bugs. I update every
couple of days, use a firewall, and also use an email quarantine
utility, so it didn't get through to my system.

************************************************** ****************
Most of the virus email subjects repute to be a "Microsoft Security
Update", or related MS Upgrade. A few subjects referred to
"Undeliverable Mail".
************************************************** ****************

Be careful. Don't click on *any* executable (in this case it's 104Kb)
unless you know what it is.

Anyone who has emailed me recently should do a thorough virus scan,
with an updated protection program. It's a pretty good bet that one
of you has the virus, and it put me on the sucker list.

As you were... :o)
noah


There's definitely something going around, but I don't think it's directly
related to the newsgroup. My email address as it appears to Usenet is
completely munged up, and yet I've received three or four infected emails
today , just as you've described. I don't know diddley about how these
things work, but I do know that the one's I've received couldn't be related
to my rec.boats participation because of the spoofed address. Or at least I
can't see the connection if there is one. But thanks for the heads up
anyway.

Virus Alert- email from rec.boats
 

noah wrote in message . ..
...just wanted to give everyone a "heads up".

I recently received a few emails from rec.boats users concerning my
FAQ questions, and also concerning "scareing" a 20hp Merc to put out
30hp.

Almost immediately, my rec.boats email addy started getting thumped
with virus attachments. I haven't sent the virus to McAfee yet, but
it is probably one of the current email worms or bugs. I update every
couple of days, use a firewall, and also use an email quarantine
utility, so it didn't get through to my system.

************************************************** ****************
Most of the virus email subjects repute to be a "Microsoft Security
Update", or related MS Upgrade. A few subjects referred to
"Undeliverable Mail".
************************************************** ****************

Be careful. Don't click on *any* executable (in this case it's 104Kb)
unless you know what it is.

Anyone who has emailed me recently should do a thorough virus scan,
with an updated protection program. It's a pretty good bet that one
of you has the virus, and it put me on the sucker list.

As you were... :o)
noah

Thanks for the heads up. The address I use here is a web mail account
that I only look at every couple of days. I just logged into it and
got a big red warning about being at 110% of storage. There were over
200 of these things in my filtered junk folder...

Virus Alert- email from rec.boats
 

Yeah I just got thumped with 26 of them.
"Gene Kearns" wrote in message ...
On 18 Sep 2003 20:18:12 -0500, noah
wrote:

...just wanted to give everyone a "heads up".

I recently received a few emails from rec.boats users concerning my
FAQ questions, and also concerning "scareing" a 20hp Merc to put out
30hp.

Almost immediately, my rec.boats email addy started getting thumped
with virus attachments. I haven't sent the virus to McAfee yet, but
it is probably one of the current email worms or bugs. I update every
couple of days, use a firewall, and also use an email quarantine
utility, so it didn't get through to my system.

************************************************* *****************
Most of the virus email subjects repute to be a "Microsoft Security
Update", or related MS Upgrade. A few subjects referred to
"Undeliverable Mail".
************************************************* *****************

Be careful. Don't click on *any* executable (in this case it's 104Kb)
unless you know what it is.

Anyone who has emailed me recently should do a thorough virus scan,
with an updated protection program. It's a pretty good bet that one
of you has the virus, and it put me on the sucker list.

As you were... :o)
noah


I just got six of them. They are quite artfully done, but the fact of
the matter is that Micro$oft doesn't call you.... you call them.
Trash the files and then empty the recycle bin....

--



Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Southport, NC.

http://myworkshop.idleplay.net/cavern/ Homepage
http://www.southharbourvillage.com/directions.asp Where Southport,NC is located.
http://www.southharbourvillage.com/autoupdater.htm Real Time Pictures at My Marina
http://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats Rec.boats at Lee Yeaton's Bayguide

Virus Alert- email from rec.boats
 

"RG" wrote in message news:6_Kab.1175$Rd4.870@fed1read07...


There's definitely something going around, but I don't think it's directly
related to the newsgroup.

Think first of any people you know who have ever sent you email, and who are
too busy jerking off to the Simpsons to update their antivirus software. You
want to get in the same room with those folks and spills colorful drinks on
their laps. In particular, ask people "Which anti-virus software do you
use?" Anyone who updates theirs regularly will know the name of their
software. Anyone who cannot answer your question gets their crotches sauteed
in a bloody mary or something equally colorful. Silly people.

Virus Alert- email from rec.boats
 

On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 14:54:07 -0700, "RG" wrote:


"noah" wrote in message
.. .
...just wanted to give everyone a "heads up".

I recently received a few emails from rec.boats users concerning my
FAQ questions, and also concerning "scareing" a 20hp Merc to put out
30hp.

Almost immediately, my rec.boats email addy started getting thumped
with virus attachments. I haven't sent the virus to McAfee yet, but
it is probably one of the current email worms or bugs. I update every
couple of days, use a firewall, and also use an email quarantine
utility, so it didn't get through to my system.

************************************************** ****************
Most of the virus email subjects repute to be a "Microsoft Security
Update", or related MS Upgrade. A few subjects referred to
"Undeliverable Mail".
************************************************** ****************

Be careful. Don't click on *any* executable (in this case it's 104Kb)
unless you know what it is.

Anyone who has emailed me recently should do a thorough virus scan,
with an updated protection program. It's a pretty good bet that one
of you has the virus, and it put me on the sucker list.

As you were... :o)
noah


There's definitely something going around, but I don't think it's directly
related to the newsgroup. My email address as it appears to Usenet is
completely munged up, and yet I've received three or four infected emails
today , just as you've described. I don't know diddley about how these
things work, but I do know that the one's I've received couldn't be related
to my rec.boats participation because of the spoofed address. Or at least I
can't see the connection if there is one. But thanks for the heads up
anyway.



RG- it's not just this newsgroup. The way these viruses are now
working is that if anyone, anywhere, that communicates with you, gets
infected, or if you post "naked" anywhere, the virus will harvest your
address.

It sucks, but that's the way it is. There are also email engines that
send spam, and viruses, to every conceivable email address, in the
hopes that they get a few "good ones". This also sucks.

When I was growing up, we never had to lock our house, and we left the
keys in the car all the time. Nowdays, I chain and padlock my
lawnmower, and keep a 12 gauge beside my bed. The world turns.

....carry on.
noah

To email me, please remove the "FISH" from the net.

Virus Alert- email from rec.boats ===Soultion!===
 

I received a great big nasty bunch myself. I was able to filter them out
by using email filters to allow only persons in my address book to send
mail.

Someone my contact me at my alternate mail box.



remove /antivirus/ for a valid address

Capt Frank Hopkins

http://www.home./antivirus/earthlink.net/~aartworks

noah wrote:
...just wanted to give everyone a "heads up".

I recently received a few emails from rec.boats users concerning my
FAQ questions, and also concerning "scareing" a 20hp Merc to put out
30hp.

Almost immediately, my rec.boats email addy started getting thumped
with virus attachments. I haven't sent the virus to McAfee yet, but
it is probably one of the current email worms or bugs. I update every
couple of days, use a firewall, and also use an email quarantine
utility, so it didn't get through to my system.

************************************************** ****************
Most of the virus email subjects repute to be a "Microsoft Security
Update", or related MS Upgrade. A few subjects referred to
"Undeliverable Mail".
************************************************** ****************

Be careful. Don't click on *any* executable (in this case it's 104Kb)
unless you know what it is.

Anyone who has emailed me recently should do a thorough virus scan,
with an updated protection program. It's a pretty good bet that one
of you has the virus, and it put me on the sucker list.

As you were... :o)
noah

Virus Alert- email from rec.boats ===Soultion!===
 

Capt. Frank Hopkins wrote:

I received a great big nasty bunch myself. I was able to filter them out
by using email filters to allow only persons in my address book to send
mail.

Someone my contact me at my alternate mail box.



remove /antivirus/ for a valid address

Capt Frank Hopkins

http://www.home./antivirus/earthlink.net/~aartworks



If you use a SPAM filter, all your incoming email goes to the filter
before it hits your inbox. You can look at what's coming in and decide
whether to download it or dump it. And if you combine that SPAM filter
with a good virus detector, even if you decide to accept something from
the SPAM catcher, the virus detector will isolate it.





--
* * *
email sent to will *never* get to me.