virus-containing "tesla" / "vacuum tube" message circulated (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 12:34:30 -0600
From: Gomez <gomez@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx, Colorado Tesla Coilers <gnats@xxxxxxxxxx>,
     Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>, Denver Mad Scientists Club <dmsc@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: virus-containing "tesla" / "vacuum tube" message circulated

FYI...
The following message arrived in my inbox today, with an attached
script titled 'videos.lnk.scr'.  The attachment contains
W32/Bugbear.b.dam.  Either the author was targeting electronics / tube
enthusiasts specifically, or the virus writer was more than usually
clever.  Note that I am not subscribed to the alleged (and probably
non-existent) mailing list in the From: line.

	Diagnose Scan started at 2003-09-08 12:23:59 -0600Scanning
/Users/lemieux/Desktop/Videos.lnk.scr
	Scanning file /Users/lemieux/Desktop/Videos.lnk.scr
	/Users/lemieux/Desktop/Videos.lnk.scr

         Found the W32/Bugbear.b.dam virus !!!

  As ever, make sure your anti-virus software has the most recent data
file and is correctly configured.  This is especially important if you
run Windows, but _critically_ important if you use any version of
Outlook under Windows.

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon Sep 8, 2003  11:43:04  AM America/Denver
> Subject: Fwd: RE: 833a Sockets
> Return-Path: <tesla@xxxxxxxxx>
> Received: from ls401.hinet.hr (ls401.hinet.hr [195.29.150.2]) by
> fractal.kaosol.net (8.12.8/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h88HsmUC000857 for
> <gomez@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; Mon, 8 Sep 2003 11:54:48 -0600 (MDT)
> Received: from pentium (ad3-m14.net.hinet.hr [195.29.131.14]) by
> ls401.hinet.hr (0.0.0/8.12.9) with SMTP id h88Hh4ZS015966; Mon, 8 Sep
> 2003 19:43:04 +0200
> Message-Id: <200309081743.h88Hh4ZS015966@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------LLT1ACRIEH4RL4"
> X-Trace: ls401.hinet.hr 1063043028 15967 195.29.131.14 (Mon, 08 Sep
> 2003 19:43:48 +0200)
> X-Warning: This mail MAY contain virus | Ova poruka MOZDA sadrzava
> virus
> X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.3 required=5.0
> tests=FWD_MSG,MICROSOFT_EXECUTABLE,MISSING_HEADERS version=2.55
> X-Spam-Level:
> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp)
>
> Original poster: sundog <sundog@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Hi All, Dan,
>
> A valve is the old-time (and over-the-pond, I believe) term for a
> vacuum
> tube.  Goes back to the electricity being like water analogy, and the
> tube
> is likened to a

(here the message ended and the attachment began)

let's be careful out there...

  - Bill "Gomez" Lemieux

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