FW: Bubbleboy virus

This is legitimate, from Schwabe's IS dept.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scheetz, Heda 
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 2:13 PM
> To: Portland Office; Seattle Office; Vancouver Office
> Subject: Re: Bubbleboy virus
> 
> 
> We have become aware that there is a virus just discovered 
> that is not a joke (it really exists) and have included the 
> original message as well as instructions to create a rule 
> using the Rules Wizard in Outlook to check messages when they 
> arrive and delete this virus.  First the instructions, then 
> the story of "Bubbleboy."
> 
> In Outlook, In Box
> Click Tools menu
> Select Rules Wizard
> Click New
> Click on "check messages when they arrive" (scroll down 
> slightly to find it)
> Click Next
> Select "with specific words in the subject"
> In the lower box, click the blue, underlined "specific words"
> Type "Bubbleboy"
> Click OK
> Click Next
> Select "delete it"
> Click Finish
> Click OK
> 
> If you are interested in learning more about Bubbleboy - go 
> to the Intranet/Ask Schwabe/virus list/Go to Dr. Solomon's 
> Virus Alerts.  The Bubbleboy is listed there.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Bubbleboy virus
> 
> 
> Folks:
> 
> There's a new virus that was just discovered on Monday. It's not a   
> destructive one, but unlike previous worms transmitted 
> through email,   
> this new type of worm does not come as an executable attachment.   
> Instead, VBS/Bubbleboy infects PCs as soon as the 
> transmitting email   
> message is opened. This is a VERY significant innovation! Virus   
> researchers have long assured the public that it is not possible to   
> contract a virus or worm merely by opening and reading an 
> email message.   
> This is no longer true, and VBS/Bubbleboy marks the beginning 
> of a more   
> dangerous computing environment.
> 
> VBS/Bubbleboy is transmitted as an e-mail with "Bubbleboy is 
> Back!'' in   
> the subject line and includes pictures and sounds from the Seinfeld   
> episode that gave it its name. When the email is opened, the worm   
> creates a file called UPDATE.HTA. The next time the PC is 
> booted up, the   
> worm sends itself embedded in an email to EVERY address in EVERY MS   
> Outlook address book on the local system. It does this only once.
> 
> More on this to come. McAfee does not yet have a solution to 
> this, but   
> we're going to install the fix as soon as they get it. Also, I've   
> contacted our email vendor, to ask if they will set up a 
> filter so that   
> these Bubbleboy messages will be rejected, and never enter MSJR's   
> system.
> 
> More info to come... But if you see a subject line with Bubbleboy,   
> please don't even open the email -- delete it at once.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> *************************************
> SWW User Support/Help Desk
> Portland - Ext. 4357
> Seattle/Vancouver - (503) 796-3759
> 

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