>From: Dennis Paul Himes <himes@...>
>Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
>To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
>Subject: Re: ATTN: Pablo Flores (VIRUS WARNING)
>Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 14:43:15 -0400
>
>Adrian Morgan <morg0072@...>
> >
> > H. S. Teoh wrote:
> >
> > > Sorry to send this here, but just in case this *is* caused by a virus,
> > > people should know about it, especially since it appears to be
>targeted
> > > specifically to CONLANG subscribers.
> >
> > What you are describing is, in fact, the infamous Bugbear virus. You
> > probably would have seen it mentioned on the news a couple of weeks
> > ago.
> >
> > > My mail server has just received 17 emails, supposedly from Pablo
>Flores,
> > > from an email server of questionable repute. The source and
>destination
> > > email addresses have obviously been forged, as it claims to be sent
>from
> > > "pablo-flores@Q...", which obviously doesn't exist,
> >
> > The Bugbear virus forges email addresses by taking the bit before the
> > "@" from one person and the bit after the "@" from another person, and
> > putting them together. Don't ask me why.
>
> My ISP recently intercepted two emails with the Bugbear virus:
>
>: Cybershore's viruschecker found the
>: W95/Bugbear.A@mm
>: virus(es) in an email to you from:
>: ronny.gelhever@kro.nl
>: Delivery of the email was stopped!
>
>: Cybershore's viruschecker found the
>: W95/Bugbear.A@mm
>: virus(es) in an email to you from:
>: elemtilas@arnet.com.ar
>: Delivery of the email was stopped!
>
>============================================================================
>
> Dennis Paul Himes <> himes@cshore.com
>
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>
>Disclaimer: "True, I talk of dreams; which are the children of an idle
>brain, begot of nothing but vain fantasy; which is as thin of substance as
>the air." - Romeo & Juliet, Act I Scene iv Verse 96-99