Re: virus?

**Penny Woodward w*@surf.net.au**

on 10/10/02 7:48 AM, Sharon Hanna at hanna@direct.ca wrote:

> I just received an email from someone called "Scott D.Russell", re: the San
> Diego Fern Society....with links, etc. It had an attachment which looked
> odd. I do not open unsolicited attachments, but I wonder if anyone else has
> received this? When I replied to the sender, my email was returned as
> undeliverable. 
> 
> The attachment looks like a virus to me....anyone else get this? I can't
> think of where the person would have gotten my email address other than
> this list, or the GWA book.
> 

Dear Sharon, this is definitely a virus. It is known as bugbear and has been
causing chaos in Australia, New Zealand and I believe the UK. It started in
Malaysia. It does exactly what you described. Gets into people emails and
makes slight changes to address so it looks like it has come from someone
you know. It always has an attachment and if you try to answer it comes back
as undeliverable. Don't open the attachment. Hope this helps, cheers Penny
from Australia.

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