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Firstly I do apologise for running another virus warning.
I am a member of many Family History sites & have unfortunately had over 10
virus attacks all spotted by Mailwasher
thankfully & all with an attachment of 69+ kb. I work away from home a lot,
so when I get back I have over 100 E-mails,
normally I can spot a virus, but this one is particularly nasty, as it comes
in the form of an attachment from a name I've seen
& got used to so unfortunately I did open a couple of them up ( within
Mailwasher ) which possibly saved me + I regularly check & update patches
from Microsoft & virus checkers I currently use Trend's PC-Cillin ( that's
not to say it's better than any other virus checker ) I hope it's missed me
but I am sending this e-mail with no attachments to hopefully stop others
from receiving this virus.
I have even received a virus from a rootsweb mailing list that I don't
belong to the Middlesex, but most of them have been from the Cumberland,
with a couple of exceptions.
Just type Bugbear into a search engine & you'll find enough about it on the
net, but I have included a letter below from the CNN network + a couple of
links to cnet & symantec
http://www.cnet.com/software/0-7760531-8-20478035-1.html?tag=txthttp://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.bugbear@mm.
removal.tool.html
Subject-----Bugbear
> I'm afraid we aren't anywhere near done with this one.
>
> 'Bugbear' worms in, opens doors to hackers
>
> By Jeordan Legon (CNN)
> Friday, October 4, 2002 Posted: 5:40 PM EDT (2140 GMT)
>
> (CNN) -- The stealthy "Bugbear" worm continued on a ravenous digital path
> this week, prompting anti-virus firms to escalate warnings from moderate
to
> high and leaving thousands of computers worldwide at the mercy of hackers.
>
> But initially, at least, the virus was not causing major problems for
> computer users, because its purpose appeared to be to open communication
> ports on infected systems and to replicate itself, not to destroy files.
>
> "It appears to be designed by someone who intended to steal credit card
info
> or other data, not necessarily destroy files," said George Stagonis, a
> researcher for anti-virus company Central Command.
>
> While experts hoped the bug would be contained at its source in Malaysia
on
> Monday, the virus rapidly made its way around the world as users in Asia,
> Europe, Canada and the United States fired up their computers to check
> e-mail. At least 120,000 people reported infections to British anti-virus
> firm MessageLabs by Friday. Thousands more logged attacks in Ireland,
> Australia, Canada and the United States.
>
> The number of new cases reported daily is rivaling, and even exceeding,
that
> of the better-known Klez virus, a similar bug that hit millions of
computers
> this year.
>
> Central Command received 5221 reports of new infections Thursday -- evenly
> split between the United States and Europe. The company booked an average
of
> 4,000 daily Klez infections when that virus was at its height, Stagonis
said.
>
>
> "We don't think it's peaked yet because it's staying way ahead of people
> updating their anti-virus software," said George Stagonis, a researcher
for
> anti-virus company Central Command.
>
> What makes the virus dangerous?
>
> Bugbear, also known as Tanatos, doesn't destroy files like its viral
cousins
> "Melissa," "Michelangelo" and "Iloveyou." Instead, it disables popular
> firewall and anti-virus protections and prepares a port that can receive
> instructions from remote users.
>
> That is what makes the virus so dangerous, experts say. Hackers aware of
this
> vulnerability will search for open ports on infected computers. Once
found,
> attackers can access passwords, view or destroy data and get reports of
> keystrokes being entered – including credit card numbers and other
sensitive
> information. All of this happens without the knowledge of the hacked
computer
> owner or business.
>
> Silent spread
>
> When the virus first appeared, anti-virus gurus were unable to mirror the
> spread of the bug in their labs. Many thought Bugbear would remain a minor
> threat.
>
> "We still haven't managed to replicate it in our labs, but obviously it's
> replicating," said Alex Shipp, a tech with MessageLabs. "One of the
theories
> is that this requires an Internet connection in order to spread."
>
> The virus spreads quickly by disguising infected messages as "replys" or
> "forwards" to an existing message. It targets known vulnerabilities in
> Windows systems and has no trouble moving through banks of networked
office
> computers, said Vincent Weafer, of Symantec Security Response.
>
> "Once it gets into a machine it will try to replicate itself from machine
to
> machine," Weafer said.
>
> Avoid infection
>
> While the virus is difficult to spot, there are ways to avoid it.
>
> The file can arrive in mails with varied subject headings, but almost
always
> it has an attachment that is 50,668 bytes, Shipp said.
> Also, computer owners should make certain that Internet Explorer's I-FRAME
> patch is installed, which prevents the bug from automatically downloading
> itself from an infected message. And they should update to new versions of
> Microsoft Outlook message program, which are less prone to infection.
>
> The one bright spot in all of this, said Shipp, is that many people are
> updating their anti-virus software and making sure firewalls are up, which
> appears to be killing off the Klez virus.
>
> The bad news is "this new one is just as bad, if not worse, than Klez,"
Shipp
> said.
Hope it helps Patrick 'Pat' Corner-Walker
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Looking for any information regarding Charles F. Carlise born January 6, 1852 in Detroit (possibly Ontario) lived in Ohio (Ashtabula, Cleveland) died December 15, 1924. Married to Mary E. Cutting. Thanks.