Re: Email worm sent to "group members"

>>...I've never gotten anywhere near that volume. In fact, if I did, I would
immediately change my email address and notify everyone who needs to
know....<<<<

I don't know how it happened, but I changed my address from "NYRides" to
"NewYorkRides" and the bug mail kept coming, without missing a beat.  I
figured I might as well just change it back to the address all my contacts
know.  When I did, the mails resumed right away.  I received 7 already
today.

"Chuck Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> NYRides wrote:
>
> > "Tim McNamara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>
> >
> >
> >>Chuck Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>I can see by looking at the To: list that many in the
> >>>rec.bicycles.rides group (and others) were sent this email.
> >>>
> >>>Subject: Posta Sicura Elitel: notifica antivirus From:
> >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (att. - Latest Critical Patch.eml)
> >>>
> >>>This is a classic email worm that has invaded someone's address book
> >>>and sent itself to everyone in it. Looking at the list I see many
> >>>contributors from here. And the email addresses have to be from
> >>>someone's address book (using an email address that I never use in
> >>>public).
> >>>
> >>>Do not open this attachment. Microsoft never emails patches to
> >>>users. It is a worm/virus/trojan.
> >>>
> >>>I wonder who's got "the bug."
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Thousands of people, mostly people running Microsoft news/mail
> >>readers that automatically upen attachments and thus launch the bug
> >>into their system.
> >>
> >>This is, from the sounds of it, the SWEN (news spelled backwards) bug.
> >>It's been around for months- are you just getting it for the first
> >>time?  I've gotten at least 15,000 of these rascals e-mailed to me
> >>over the past couple of months.  It raids news spools for e=mail
> >>addresses.  Someone like me who posts actively in a wide variety of
> >>newsgroups gets hit hard.
> >>
> >>
>
> >The barrage of "Microsoft" e-mails in my "NYRides" inbox has finally
settled
> >down a bit.  I was getting 75 to 80 twice a day/every day for a while.
> >
> >
>
> Knock on wood.
>
> I've never gotten anywhere near that volume. In fact, if I did, I would
> immediately change my email address and notify everyone who needs to
> know. I've got several email usernames at this time and a few of them
> are pure throw aways. I only use them for registration at sites that I
> don't really care about and mail lists that I could always resubscribe
> to (if I care to). I think the key is to NOT get too attached to any one
> email address. All email addresses will become spambot fodder some day*.
>
> (* Unless you are very diligent about using it only in private messages.
> Even then, you could be harvested if someone sticks your address in a
> long To: list when forwarding a "real important message" that they MUST
> share with ALL of their friends.)
>
> 75 - 80 a day? I'd get a new email address and start over.
>
> -- 
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>  Chuck Anderson • Boulder, CO
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>  The lack of it is common.
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