Re: I would like to report a virus

From: David H. Lipman (DLipman~nospam~_at_Verizon.Net)
Date: 02/27/04 

Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 13:49:20 -0500

Paul:

This is a News Group of public service provided by Microsoft for those people using
Microsoft Operating Systems and products. There is nobody to "report a virus" to here.
The Microsoft employees, volunteer MVPs and other volunteers provide their expertise and
assistance to those who have been infected.

You need to understand a few things. First, many viruses have their own engines and send
email out to people. They use algorithms to fake email address, combine two real email
addresses into one false email addresses and other ways such that the sender may not exist.
An infected platform exists. You have to examine email headers to determine the ISP of the
sending platform and you would have to lodge a complaint to their ISP Abuse email address.
However, many ISPs take NO action on infected platforms so the onus is on YOU to protect
yourself !

You also posted your email address (luckily, one looks like it has a syntax error) here's
is the scoop...

If you post to UseNet with your TRUE, not a munged, email address then you have invited the
Swen Internet worm [aka; W32/Gibe-F] to visit you.

The Swen is news spelled backwards. The reason it is called this is because the Swen worm
harvests email addresses from UseNet News Groups. It has an engine that allows it to post
itself to UseNet News Groups as well as it has its own email engine. From the list of
email addresses that it has harvested, it will then email itself to those addresses.

So your very actions by posting your email addresses here made the problem worse, not
better.

Dave

"Paul" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:331901c3fd60$6150d140$a501280a@phx.gbl...
| my email adress is p a u l z p c @ msn.com or p a u l z p c @ a dephia.net
| and I have been sent a virus by the same person three
| times im not sure why this child is sending me these
| viruses but i think MSN needs to know this might be a
| danger to some in the future this persons address is
| m a r c . h u b e r @student.unisg.ch in case and one runs into
| this mail address it has an attachment in titles three
| things the first one was "nice pic of you" the second
| is "this is the pic I promised you" and the third is "are
| you there is is very funny" I really think people like us
| should stop kids or people who are tring to mess up
| others computers by tell others of there danger I need to
| get in contact with AOL and Yahoo as well
| please "someone" send me a link where I can tell someone
| about this kid he will so be a danger and needs to be
| stopped now..Paul of florida

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