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Love Letter Virus Protection
by Marvin 09 May '00

09 May '00

I just received this from Bob and think it is well worth sharing. FWIW, among his many talents Bob is a Windows Guru. My version of Win95 (the first version) did not seem to offer scripting capability so I am guessing this will apply to later versions of Win95 and/or Win98. ----------------------------- From: Bob Staudenmaier To: All Friends and Clients Subject: Protection Against Love Letter Virus The "Love Letter" virus and its variants depend on Windows scripting support to run. If you are not using Microsoft Outlook (or Outlook Express), you can scrap the AntiVirus scans and remove the scripting components to immunize your system. 1) Have your Windows CDROM disk handy 2) Go to MY COMPUTER........CONTROL PANEL 3) Double-click on ADD/REMOVE programs 4) Select the WINDOWS SETUP tab 5) Choose ACCESSORIES, then hit the PROPERTIES button. 6) Scroll down until you find the WINDOWS SCRIPTING HOST. If this box is not checked, your system does not have scripting support installed and your system is immune to the love letter virus. Use the CANCEL button to close all dialog boxes. If the box IS checked, you may remove the scripting host by unchecking the box and hitting the OK button until all boxes are closed. Reboot your system. Remember that you may only remove the scripting host if you are NOT using Outlook or Outlook Express. Notes: In the unlikely event that you have another application (so far unknown to me) that uses the scripting host, you will have to REVERSE the above procedure to reinstall scripting support. If you already HAVE the virus, this procedure will not help you. Follow virus removal instructions below or seek assistance. Exercise caution when opening E-mailed attachments. Avoid opening these types of files: applications (.EXE) word documents (.DOC) excel spreadsheets (.XLS) visual basic scripts (.VBS) Most other types of files (.GIF, .JPG, .BMP, .PDF, .PS, .EPS, .HTM , .TXT) cannot carry viruses and are generally safe to open.

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SBARC Program
by AJSOENKE＠aol.com 08 May '00

08 May '00

Check this out, great SBARC program: <A HREF="http://www.sbarc.org/monthly/meetings.html#MayMtg">SBARC - Meetings</A>

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"Frequency" The Movie
by AD6EZ＠aol.com 06 May '00

06 May '00

Hi SBARC'ers Well, I think I just accidently erased someone's Email that I hope was writing to say they wanted to help with the Communication Van at the theater. It may have been only the 2nd (second) email response that I've received so far! I got Barbara's (HKR) email okay but then someone else may have written one and my hand slipped and it disappeared! So, If you are not Barbara and you sent me an Email then please send it to me again. I promise that I'll be more careful with the next one. (:8^>) 73 es God Bless de Denny AD6EZ <>< Goleta, CA

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SBARC - "Frequency" Event
by AD6EZ＠aol.com 06 May '00

06 May '00

Hi All - I have arranged to have our Communications Van to be at the new Camino Real theater out by the new Costco during the showing of the movie "Frequency". The event takes place tomorrow, Sunday May 7th, from 12:00 Noon to about 9:00 PM. We need a few HF operators and friendly folks to answer questions from passer-bys. The two shifts are as follows: 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM (probably more like 4 - 8pm) If you would like to help out with this fun event and you like to talk about Ham Radio, then please send me an Email with your phone number and I'll call you back this afternoon. Thanks in advance - 73 es God Bless de Denny AD6EZ <>< Goleta, CA

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Orienteering Day
by Marvin 05 May '00

05 May '00

Just received this and it refers to tomorrows (Saturday) event. For those that don't know, the courses are colored as to difficulty. The white course is the easiest and the one most people should try if they are just starting out in Orienteering. The URL for the Los Angeles Orienteering Club (LAOC) is: http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/6320/ -------------- LAOC will be at Schabarum Regional Park in the City of Industry tomorrow. We'll have two White courses and a String-O. Everyone is welcome to come. Registration is open from 10am to 3pm. Additional details at our web site, go.to/LAOC. Happy O Day! Sue J. LAOC Nod'er

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Fwd: (5/05-5/08) MIR Satellite Pass Predictions
by Paul Sheffield 05 May '00

05 May '00

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ARDF Team USA 2000 Fund
by Marvin 04 May '00

04 May '00

This is part of a message I just received from Joe Moell, K0OV, the ARRL ARDF Co-ordinator. ------------------------------ 3. Contributions are now being accepted for Team USA 2000 expenses. Checks should be made out to "ARRL ARDF Support Fund" and sent to Barry Shelley N1VXY at ARRL Headquarters in Newington. Feel free to solicit your friends, benefactors and local ham radio clubs. Contributions are tax deductible. (Of course this assumes that the donor is not personally limited by IRS maximums, etc.) 4. Rules for disbursements of the funds to the team are still being worked out. By the way, don't get the idea that you can donate the price of your China flight to ARRL and then get the money back from the fund to have a write-off of your trip. I'm sure there is some sort of IRS regulation that prohibits this.

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Re [SBMUG]Is It Safe Out There?
by Paul Cronshaw, D.C. 04 May '00

04 May '00

>Delivered-To: paulc(a)silcom.com >Delivered-To: sbmug-list(a)lists.netlojix.com >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 20:02:44 -0700 >To: SBMUG List <sbmug-list(a)sbmug.org> >From: Mac Bakewell <mcbakewl(a)silcom.com> >Subject: Re [SBMUG]Is It Safe Out There? >Reply-To: sbmug-list(a)sbmug.org >Sender: sbmug-list-admin(a)sbmug.org >X-Mailman-Version: 1.1 >Precedence: bulk >List-Id: Santa Barbara Mac Users Mailing List <sbmug-list.sbmug.org> >X-BeenThere: sbmug-list(a)sbmug.org > >Once again, the killer virus, this time known as "ILOVEYOU", is primarily a >Windows problem. > >For those of you on Windows machines running Eudora, there's a filter at ><http://www.ncha.org/public/virusfilter/ILOVEYOU_Virus_Filter.sit> > >For those of you on Mac's storing files on NT servers, there may be some >issues. > >Read on at http://www.macintouch.com and other sites, but expect the virus >centers like <http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/index.html> to be pretty >busy! > >Interestingly, when I tried to end this message with ILOVEYOU as the >subject, Silicon Beach refused to even send it! "Content rejected". Now >that's playing it safe! > > > > > > ________________________________________ > > Mac Bakewell Macintosh Consultant > President, Santa Barbara Mac Users Group > <http://www.sbmug.org> > <http://www.silcom.com/~mcbakewl> > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >SBMUG-list mailing list >SBMUG-list(a)sbmug.org >http://lists.netlojix.com/mailman/listinfo/sbmug-list >

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Fw: VIRUS info on "I LOVE YOU" attachment!!!!!! BEWARE!!!!
by Donald L Milbury 04 May '00

04 May '00

FYI 73, Don Milbury, W6YN ---------------------------------------------- This press release comes from F-Secure. For more information on F-Secure's mailing list policy, see end of message. F-SECURE WARNS: LOVE LETTER E-MAIL WORM might exceed Melissa in severity ESPOO, Finland, May 4th, 2000 - F-Secure Corporation (formerly Data Fellows) [HEX: FSC], a leading provider of security for mobile, distributed enterprises, is warning e-mail users of a new destructive e-mail worm called VBS/LoveLetter. This worm spreads by e-mailing a file called LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs around. F-Secure Anti-Virus detects and disinfects the virus, with the latest update available from www.F-Secure.com . "This worm spreads at an amazing speed", comments Mikko Hypponen, Manager of Anti-Virus Research at F-Secure Corporation. "We got the first report around 9:00 a.m. on Thursday from Norway, and by 1 p.m. we had reports from over 20 countries. We estimate that total number of infected machines is already in tens of thousands. This epidemic might exceed Melissa in both speed and destructiveness." The LoveLetter worm activates by overwriting picture and music files from the local and network drives. Files with extension JPG, JPEG, MP3 and MP2 are overwritten and will have to be restored from backups. The worm arrives to users in e-mail message attachments called LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs. On a default Windows system, the ".vbs" extension is not visible, and users might mistake the file for a harmless text file (.TXT). If the recipient opens the attachment, the worm will use Microsoft Outlook (if installed) to send a message to everyone in any address books (including global access books of the organization these typically contains hundreds or thousands of addresses). The messages is as follows: From: Name-of-the-infected-user To: Random-name-from-the-address-book Subject: ILOVEYOU kindly check the attached LOVELETTER coming from me. Attachment: LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs As address books typically contain group addresses, the result of executing the VBS/LoveLetter worm inside an organization is that the first infected user sends the message to everybody in the organization. After this, other users open the message and send the message again to everyone else. This quickly overloads e-mail servers. In addition to spreading over e-mail, the worm also overwrites existing local script and HTML files with its own code. The worm was most likely written in the Philippines. It was first spotted in early morning, Thursday May 4. It contains the following text: barok -loveletter(vbe) <i hate go to school> by: spyder / ispyder(a)mail.com / @GRAMMERSoft Group / Manila,Philippines VBS/LoveLetter is written in the VBScript language. By default, programs written in VBScript operate only under Windows 98 and Windows 2000. However, Windows 95 and NT 4 users are also vulnerable, if they have installed version 5 of Microsoft Internet Explorer. A technical description of the virus is available in the F-Secure virus description database at: http://www.F-Secure.com/v-descs/love.htm Sample pictures of e-mail messages generated by VBS/LoveLetter are available in the F-Secure virus screenshots center at: http://www.F-Secure.com/virus-info/v-pics/ About F-Secure Corporation F-Secure Corporation is a leading developer of centrally managed security solutions for the mobile, distributed enterprise. The company offers a full range of award-winning integrated anti-virus, file encryption, distributed firewall and VPN solutions. F-Secure products and the underlying policy management framework enable corporate IT departments as well as service providers to deliver Security as a Service(tm). For the end-user, Security as a Service is invisible, automatic, reliable, always-on, and up-to-date. For the administrator, Security as a Service means policy-based management, instant alerts, and centralized management of a widely-distributed user base. Founded in 1988, F-Secure is listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange [HEX: FSC]. The company is headquartered in Espoo, Finland with North American headquarters in San Jose, California, as well as offices in Canada, China (Hong Kong and Beijing), France, Germany, Japan, Sweden and the United Kingdom. F-Secure is supported by a network of VARs and Distributors in over 90 countries around the globe. For more information, please contact USA: F-Secure Inc. Mr. Dan Takata, Manager, Training Division, Professional Services 675 N. First Street, 5th Floor San Jose, CA 95112 Tel. +1 408 938 6700, Fax +1 408 938 6701 e-mail Dan.Takata(a)F-Secure.com Finland: F-Secure Corporation Mr. Mikko Hypponen, Manager, Anti-Virus Research. PL 24 FIN-02231 ESPOO Tel +358 9 8599 0513 Fax +358 9 8599 0599 E-mail: Mikko.Hypponen(a)F-Secure.com http://www.F-Secure.com/ Note to Editors: Further technical information and a screenshot of the virus is available at: http://www.F-Secure.com/virus-info/v-pics/ Mailing list policy You have previously expressed interest in our products, or have asked to be included on one of our press release lists by personally giving us your e-mail address for this purpose.Our mailing list are for the exclusive use and the expressed purpose of F-Secure and are not sold or or given to third parties. If you no longer wish to receive our press releases, or your email address has been added to our lists without your consent, you can unsubscribe at http://www.F-Secure.com/news/subscribe.html If you only wish to receive our press releases concerning viruses, please go to http://www.F-Secure.com/news/subscribe.html and first unsubscribe from press-english-interest(a)lists.F-Secure.com and then subscribe to press-english-virus-announcement(a)lists.F-Secure.com ________________________________________________ Marita Nasman-Repo tel: +358 9 8599 0613 Communicator fax : +358 9 8599 0599 mobile: +358 40 517 4613 F-Secure Corporation http://www.F-Secure.com F-Secure products: Security for the mobile, distributed enterprise __________________________________________________

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[Fwd: [Sbarc-list] Fw: Ventura County's Sea to Summit Bicycle Ride]
by Michael P. Jogoleff 03 May '00

03 May '00

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