"Microsoft" Patch Virus Messages

Does anyone know if the flurry of these things appearing in the newsgroups
recently is due to people maliciously sending them, or if the virus is
sending itself to addresses in the users address book?

The virus can find newsgroup addresses and post messages there. From the
information on the following page:

http://www.datafellows.com/v-descs/swen.shtml

"The worm can post its e-mails to newsgroups, the names of which it
finds during searching process. The worm sends the same kind of messages
as it sends via e-mail. "

Alan wrote:
Does anyone know if the flurry of these things appearing in the newsgroups
recently is due to people maliciously sending them, or if the virus is
sending itself to addresses in the users address book?


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Debra Dalgleish
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I thought the ng owner had banned ALL attachments.??

"Debra Dalgleish" wrote in message
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The virus can find newsgroup addresses and post messages there. From the
information on the following page:

http://www.datafellows.com/v-descs/swen.shtml

"The worm can post its e-mails to newsgroups, the names of which it
finds during searching process. The worm sends the same kind of messages
as it sends via e-mail. "

Alan wrote:
Does anyone know if the flurry of these things appearing in the
newsgroups
recently is due to people maliciously sending them, or if the virus is
sending itself to addresses in the users address book?


--
Debra Dalgleish
Excel FAQ, Tips & Book List
http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html

Thanks Debra,
If its not idiots sending these on purpose, then a lot
of people are infected!
Alan.
"Debra Dalgleish" wrote in message
...
The virus can find newsgroup addresses and post messages there. From the
information on the following page:

http://www.datafellows.com/v-descs/swen.shtml

"The worm can post its e-mails to newsgroups, the names of which it
finds during searching process. The worm sends the same kind of messages
as it sends via e-mail. "

Alan wrote:
Does anyone know if the flurry of these things appearing in the
newsgroups
recently is due to people maliciously sending them, or if the virus is
sending itself to addresses in the users address book?


--
Debra Dalgleish
Excel FAQ, Tips & Book List
http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html

If a person gets infected, presumably the virus sends the message to every entry in the address
book(s). Does anybody know whether this happens repeatedly, or just once? i.e. could one
infected person be responsible for hundreds of posts to the same newsgroup?

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 18:08:51 +0100, "Alan" wrote:

Thanks Debra,
If its not idiots sending these on purpose, then a lot
of people are infected!
Alan.
"Debra Dalgleish" wrote in message
...
The virus can find newsgroup addresses and post messages there. From the
information on the following page:

http://www.datafellows.com/v-descs/swen.shtml

"The worm can post its e-mails to newsgroups, the names of which it
finds during searching process. The worm sends the same kind of messages
as it sends via e-mail. "

Alan wrote:
Does anyone know if the flurry of these things appearing in the
newsgroups
recently is due to people maliciously sending them, or if the virus is
sending itself to addresses in the users address book?


--
Debra Dalgleish
Excel FAQ, Tips & Book List
http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html

"Myrna Larson" wrote...
If a person gets infected, presumably the virus sends the message to every
entry in the address book(s). . . .

Worse - the cleverer worms search all files for e-mail addresses, such as
archived newsgroup postings such as those created by Outlook Express.

Does anybody know whether this happens repeatedly, or just once? i.e. could one
infected person be responsible for hundreds of posts to the same newsgroup?

Yup. Some worms create their own outgoing e-mail services that run in the
background posting e-mails until they're killed.

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