ES - virus warning - from ListAdmin

[Paul Mitchell]

Caelin -

Did the messages you received (from "yourself")
have the panther.exe file as an attachment?

I am wondering if, following Arfan's and Caelin's
experience, we might be seeing someone who's
abusing the Elfsea list.  If signs continue to
point to such a possibility, I may resort to
restricting membership on the list to people
whom I personally know.

I would appreciate any other _first-hand_
reports of such occurences.

- Galen
ListAdmin

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>From: "Richard Threlkeld" <rjt at acm.org>
>To: <elfsea at Ansteorra.ORG>
>Subject: RE: ES - virus warning - from ListAdmin
>Date: Tue, Dec 21, 1999, 12:08 PM
>

>I have received two of them myself in the last
>two days. They both showed they came from me
>and the subject lines were from legitimate
>emails I had sent about a week earlier. One
>was to the ES list, the other to a group of
>investors. I deleted them both prior to
>opening and ran the newest virus scans on
>my system. They showed nothing.
>
>Caelin on Andrede
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-elfsea at Ansteorra.ORG [mailto:owner-elfsea at Ansteorra.ORG]On
>> Behalf Of Paul Mitchell
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 9:08 AM
>> To: Elfsea
>> Subject: ES - virus warning - from ListAdmin
>>
>>
>> Galen here...
>>
>> The reason that virus warnings aren't welcome on
>> the Elfsea list is simple.  Most virus warnings
>> circulating on the internet are completely bogus.
>>
>> However, this is real.  If you receive a message
>> that appears to be from HL Gilli, and it has an
>> attachment called "panther.exe", delete it.  It
>> is a virus, and it's not from Gilli.  He posted
>> notes to the Ansteorra and Central Region lists
>> about this.  Our own Lady Arfan has already received
>> such a note; she checked with Gilli and deleted
>> it unopened.  The virus will not affect you if
>> you do not run the .exe file.
>>
>> For more information, visit:
>>
>> http://www.cert.org/advisories
>> http://kumite.com/myths/
>> http://ntbugtraq.ntadvice.com/safemail.asp
>>
>> Thanks to Gilli and Arfan for passing on this
>> info.
>>
>> - Galen
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