Re: Screen your e-mail

[Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>]

David,

Don't feel alone, I've been getting this virus for
about 3 days now. I opened
the first one and Norton Antivirus warned and
deleted it (was infected with the
W32.Badtrans.13312@mm virus) without problem, but
I've gotten maybe 6 of the same. They are .pif or
.scr files that have different names that have no
relation to the message it comes in with.

Mike Wise

"David A. Youngker" wrote:

> Well, someone finally got a virus past me (see what I mean about this
> year?). OK by me that it should happen now - been looking for an excuse to
> wipe Win98 anyway, so I simply scratched the system and reinstalled from
> CDs.
>
> However, this virus is particularly crafty - undeserved kudos to the
> designer. It will reply to one of your own messages stored on the victim's
> computer, carrying the virus posing as a pair of PIF files. Foolish me - I
> ventured to open the files in an attempt to see which files the sender was
> _supposed_ to send.
>
> It took me two log- ons to figure out what the extra traffic was across my
> modem. Coincidentally I had just downloaded and installed IE6 beta just
> hours prior, and at first thought the quirky behaviors stemmed from patchy
> OE coding.
>
> The message I received was from
>
> "Apistos"
> a.k.a.
> apistogrammasetc "at" yahoo "dot" com
>
> As I'm back on now, I see where Rick has sent me a warning about the virus
> (thanks for trying - just too late). I wrote the above address in such a
> fashion because I don't recognize the sig (although "Apistos Etc" sure
> _sounds_ familiar), and don't want to create an active link to a possible
> contaminant. Putting two and two together, though, I'd say that there are
> others out there on this List who may have received it as it works its way
> through various Address Books.
>
> I've only received about a half- dozen valid attachments that I can ever
> recall. For all intents and purposes, can't say I've much personal use for
> 'em considering the close watch required on them today. Quickest way around
> that was to set my browser to delete any message carrying attachments from
> the server immediately - before they even get _to_ my computer.
>
> ***
> Erik   ***
>
> Take particular note, as the Contest / Conference Lists are, of course, part
> of _my_ address book...
>
> -Y-
>
> David A. Youngker
> nestor10@mindspring.com
>
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