[meteorite-list] info on virus

From: Dave Andrews <dandre10_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:01:35 2004
Message-ID: <3D18F575.7BFCC135_at_cybertrails.com>

Hi Frank,
It came from the Univ. of Bologna in Italy. Sounds like a KLEZ type virus, but
the message seemed clean. In the copy I received, it had a hidden attachment
called, "Timezone.htm". The infected PC has the name of "HELO Wsztstmdn".
Ring any bells with anyone?

Best,
Anudder Dave

Frank Prochaska wrote:

> Hello Michael and list,
>
> I did get the email this morning. I use Outlook and Norton antivirus NT
> 5.0. The email subject and body were blank but Outlook did show the icon
> for an attached executeble script file. The way my system is configured,
> files are not scanned until you (or a program) tries to execute a file.
> Nearly the only time I see the icon for attached script files in Outlook is
> when there is a virus attached. I simply deleted the message immediately,
> assuming it was a virus. I did not even bother to check the name of the
> attached script, or try to drill down on the message header to see if I
> could tell if the email really came from Dave or from another machine that
> inserted his name as the sender.
>
> Sorry about that . . . maybe if I had at least checked the name of the
> script before I deleted it, we'd know a little more about it.
>
> Frank Prochaska
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com]On Behalf Of Michael L
> Blood
> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 1:20 PM
> To: Dave Harris
> Cc: Edward Hodges; metlist
> Subject: [meteorite-list] info on virus
>
> Hi Dave & all,
> My email suddenly went haywire beginning with the post from
> you, Dave.
> 1) Suddenly there is nothing in the subject box posted before
> opening the email (ANY email starting with yours & ever since)
> 2) ALL emails from yours on are dated 12/31/69 5:00 PM (this
> is before email existed, by the way)
> 3) MOST, but definately not all, of the postings, which have ONLY
> the name of the sender and the above date and time, are totally
> empty. A few have no name at all and are empty, and some are
> actual emails.
> 4) Even test emails I send to myself list the above date & time but
> do have my subject box comments and do have the message when
> opened.
> Everything was working fine until Dave's email commenting
> about a virus.
> Is anyone else on the list getting this pattern in their email?
> RSVP
> Thanks, Michael
>
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Received on Tue 25 Jun 2002 06:57:57 PM PDT