HELLO I GOT THAT FROM A FRIEND. SHE IS ALWAYS SENDING STUFF. I DELETED IT BECAUSE IT HAD ATTACHMENT WITH IT. > > Wrom: FJMVRESKPNKMBIPBARHDMNNSKVFVWRKJ > Date: 2005/01/23 Sun AM 09:20:55 EST > To: KENTUCKIANA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [KENTUCKIANA-L] List Admin -The V word > > FYI - Many ISP and business filters are kicking back or quarantining any > mail that has the word virus (or spam) in the subject line. Consequently > virus information from me will now have just a "V" in subject line. Please > do NOT post virus warnings to the list. Send them to me, I will check them > out and post to the list if I find it necessary. > > Right now this one seems to be mainly going through the business community > and the risk is rated as low but if you are a "news" junkie beware! > > Pat Mount > List Admin > > > Technology > New virus masquerades as news headlines > > Friday, January 21, 2005 Posted: 10:19 AM EST (1519 GMT) > > (CNN) -- Researchers have identified a new computer virus that masquerades > as news headlines from CNN's Web site. > > Sophos, an anti-virus firm, says the virus -- identified as Crowt-A -- pulls > headlines, subject lines and other content from CNN.com. Once opened, the > virus can then scan the user's address book and try to email itself to those > users. > > The virus' subject line and attachment share the same name, Sophos > researchers say, but change continually to match headlines from CNN.com's > home page. > > In addition to emailing itself to other users, the virus also installs a > "backdoor Trojan function," according to Sophos. This function can pick up > and send data such as keystrokes to a remote user -- a practice sometimes > used by hackers to obtain sensitive information such as passwords. > > Side effects > > * Allows others to access the computer > * Sends itself to email addresses found on the infected computer > * Deletes files off the computer > * Steals information > * Forges the sender's email address > > Aliases > > * WORM_CROWT.A > *W32/Crowt-A > > http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32crowta.html > > > ==== KENTUCKIANA Mailing List ==== > Kentuckiana area for IN - Counties of Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison, Orange, Perry, Pike, Posey, Scott, Spencer, Warrick,Washington > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >