[PLUG] Virus - Hello!

Sandy Herring sandy at herring.org
Sun Oct 20 04:00:47 UTC 2002


Kinda scant info to go on, Steve. It may be the bugbear virus...

http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=99728#characteristics

Sandy

On Sat, 19 Oct 2002, Steve Coffman wrote: 
> Hi All,
> 
> Well... My mother sent me a virus. OK, I tries to explain to her not to open files with more than 1 dot, but it was from a friend that said they could not open the file, so....
> 
> I'm trying to identify which virus it is so I can try to clean up her computer. Subject line was "Hello!"
> A file was simply attached - Budget.xsl.scr. The budget spreadsheet is an actual file of hers so the virus picked it up and attached itself then went through her address book and sent it out.
> 
> Her components are: Opera 6.1 for all browsing, and Eudora Pro 4.3 for her mail. Most e-mail virus warnings I've seen posted are due to the wonderful Microsoft Outlook products, so I'm not sure which virus this is.
> 
> Any help or direction to look would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Steve Coffman

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