Also received one from Richard Dean...

Vern

"Alan B. Pearce" wrote:
>
> I had an email a short time ago purporting to come from one of the list
> members, with an [AVR]: subject line (too wish I have unsubscribed) with a
> valid looking message and an attached file. The file was removed by the
> corporate virus checker as it had a double suffix, of the form .pdf.scr and
> with a name that looked like a data sheet.
>
> Apparently the Bugbear virus is on the loose again (see
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2965924.stm for info) and this is one
> of its characteristics (the double suffix that is). The return email address
> had been fudged to have a different domain name to the real address of the
> apparent sender, so I won't embarrass him, just send a copy privately.
>
> Everyone, make sure your virus checking is up to date.
>
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