Re: OT: New Virus
Martha Brown wrote:
>
> I am forwarding the text of some of the
> information I have received today on a new worm.
>
> Martha
>
> A new virus is making the rounds and has already
> affected areas
> of
> Asia/Europe and is just getting into New York. It
> is an extremely fast
> spreader, and from what they've said so far is one
> of those that e-mails
> everyone in your address book (like Melissa). And
> it sends up to 300
> messages at a shot!
>
> They are calling it the "Love Bug" because the
> subject header is usually
> "I Love You" or "Love Letter from Me". Again
> there is an attachment
> included that will not only send e-mail, but will
> corrupt/change names
> on
> *.jpg, *.mp3 and *.mpg files.
>
> Do not open any mail with "I Love You" or "Love
> Letter" in the subject
> line!
>
> Find out more at:
>
> http://live.altavista.com/scripts/editorial.dll?ef
> i=980&ern=y&ei=1763381
>
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>
> This appears to be real. It's hit hard and fast
> across the globe, starting
> in
> East Asia this morning. It's caught the
> anti-virus folks off-guard, so
> there's
> not a fix yet. The virus is called ILOVEYOU.A
> (reports also indicate it
> could be called other names, too, but all seem to
> start with ILOVEYOU)
> that appears in the form of an e-mail attachment
> by that name. If you
> receive such a message delete it immediately. If
> you open it, will
> download VBScript files that will begin sending
> the infected attachment
> to anyone you have in you personal address book or
> contact list. Once
> you are infected it will not be easy to scrub it.
>
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>
> Norton and Symantec say they now have fixes posted
> for this.
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