I have just received the following message via star.net.uk
and have been advised to alert the sender. Other users of the list may also
have received the message, and should be aware that there is a potential
problem.
Virginia Russell
Virginia Russell
Curatorial Officer
Corporate and Private Records Branch
National Archives of Scotland
HM General Register House
2 Princes Street
Edinburgh
EH1 3YY
Tel: 0131 535 1310
Fax: 0131 535 1360
-----Original Message-----
From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 13 February 2001 08:41
Subject: WARNING. Someone sent you a potential virus or unauthorised
code
The Star Scanning System discovered a potential virus
or unauthorised code in a message sent to you.
The original message was diverted into the virus holding
pen (id 667832_982053640) and will be held for 10 days before
being destroyed.
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To help identify the message:
The message was titled 'Enanito si, pero con que pedazo!'
The message date was Tue, 13 Feb 2001 09:24:47 +0100
The message identifier was <[log in to unmask]>
The message was detected on server mail-server-6.star.net.uk
The message sender was
[log in to unmask]
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[log in to unmask]
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What now?
If you are a customer of Star Internet, or the virus
has been sent by a customer of Star Internet, then
you are protected, and will not have received the
virus. Please contact the original sender to request
a non-infected version of the message.
Otherwise, if your ISP, or you yourself, do not have an
up to-date email scanner, then it is likely you received
the virus before this message arrived. Use the above
information to locate the infected message. To help you
disinfect the virus, we detected it using scanner 1
(F-Secure) which reported the following:
F-Secure Anti-Virus for i386-linux Release 4.08 build 2260
sign.def version 2001-02-12
fsmacro.def version 2001-02-12
sign2.def version 2001-02-12
667832_2MAPPLICATION-OCTET-STREAM_enanito_fisgon.exe infection:
W95/Hybris.worm.B
2 files scanned
1 infections found
fsav returned (3) 3
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To find information on the scanner that detected the virus
use the following links:
NAI uvscan: http://www.nai.com
Cybersoft vfind: http://www.cyber.com
F-Secure: http://www.f-secure.com
You may be able to find more information on the virus detected
from the following information sites:
http://www.f-secure.com/virus-info/
http://vil.nai.com/
If you need more information, or if you believe this to be a
false alarm, please contact your local helpdesk / administrator,
or contact Star Support on:
+44 (0)1285 884433
or [log in to unmask]
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This message has been checked for all known viruses by the
MessageLabs Virus Control Centre. For further information visit
http://www.messagelabs.com/stats.asp
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This message has been checked for all known viruses, by Star Internet,
delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Control Centre.
For further information visit:
http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp
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This message has been checked for all known viruses, by Star Internet,
delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Control Centre.
For further information visit:
http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp
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