I got Bugbear yesterday sent to me but I don't know from whom or if it is related to what has happened here. Norton caught it and quarantined it and I deleted it.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Monett [mailto:mzmvdd...@sneakemail.com] > Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 5:12 PM > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: CS> Re: [FlaxSeedOil2] OT--Almonds & walnuts > > Hi Jerry, > > Good thing your ISP is on the ball! > > It could be a new virus or an improved version of older ones. Sobig would > search for email addresses in various text files, but it was supposed to > stop propagating on June 8. Bugbear uses a Windows exploit that allowed > it to run without user interaction, and it uses EXE, SCR and PIF > extensions. So someone who hasn't patched their computer may have caught > it. There is a brief description of the top ten viruses at > > http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/topten/ > > So be sure to download the latest patches, and update your antivirus > software. > > I haven't got the time to download tens or hundreds of megabytes for > patches that may not work, and antivirus software that only gets updated > after a new virus appears on the scene. So I stick to Win 3.1 and avoid > all these problems. > > Best Regards, > > Mike Monett > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
