Dave and List,
FL Frank apologises for spreading the virus unknowingly contracted when
someone contacted him regarding his radio modification services.
RogerH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Stragand" <dave.stragand@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 11:31 AM
Subject: [FWDLK] Please update your anti-virus programs.
> I've already received this virus/worm from Forward Look Frank, R Thomason,
> Mopar Mel, and Sharleen. (I must have been in their address books.)
PLEASE
> TAKE A MOMENT TO UPDATE YOUR ANTIVIRUS PROGRAMS NOW, BEFORE READING ANY
> FURTHER EMAILS, especially if you are using Microsoft Outlook or Outlook
> Express.
>
> -Dave
>
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011126/wr/tech_internet_worm_dc_1.html
>
> Type-Tracking Internet Worm Spreading - Experts
>
> SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An Internet worm that leaves infected computers
> vulnerable to future hacking by tracking what is typed on the keyboard,
> including passwords and credit card details, was spreading rapidly on
> Monday, computer security companies warned.
> The worm, called ``Badtrans,'' spreads through Microsoft Corp.
(Nasdaq:MSFT
> - news) Outlook or Outlook Express e-mail programs and automatically sends
> itself to unanswered e-mails in inboxes, according to several antivirus
> companies.
>
> The attachment, which contains the malicious program, can be executed
simply
> by reading or previewing it and doesn't need to be double clicked or
opened
> separately, experts said.
>
> The worm contains a keystroke logger which can be used to record what
people
> type to obtain passwords and credit card numbers, they said.
> ``It does no damage to files but does drop a backdoor trojan on the
machine
> which would allow a hacker to come back and access personal information,''
> said April Goostree, virus research manager at McAfee.com.
>
> While corporate e-mail gateways are blocking the worm, many home and small
> office computer users who aren't up-to-date on their antivirus software
are
> getting infected, she said.
>
> The subject line varies, often assuming the text of the unanswered e-mail
> whose e-mail address it co-opts. The name of the attachment varies as
well,
> with suffixes including .doc, .pics and .news.
>
> The worm, a variant of one discovered in April, has hit at least 50
> countries, with most infections in Germany, followed by the UK and United
> States, said UK-based MessageLabs, which reported receiving 400 copies an
> hour this weekend.
>
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