[Media Caucus] Fwd: Warning of new worm/virus

[KM Shrivastava]

Thanks.
K.M.Shrivastava
--- Arne Hintz <arne.hintz at web.de> wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> there has been a lot of computer virus activity in
> recent days, and 
> many of you may have received strange messages from
> people you know or 
> you don't know. So i am forwarding some information
> about this current 
> virus (a so-called "worm"). It affects the email
> programme on computers 
> running with the Windows operating system, it sends
> emails from 
> infected computers, and it may also pick up other
> addresses from the 
> address books of infected computers and use them as
> spoof "From:" 
> address...
> 
> For most of you this will be just a piece of
> information, but if your 
> computer is infected, you can check the links
> below...
> 
> All best,
> Arne
> 
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > (Users of Macintosh, Linux, Solaris, UNIX systems
> and any other 
> > computer
> > with a modern operating system that is not made by
> the good people at
> > Microsoft Corp. can skip right along to the next
> message: This does not
> > affect you.)
> >
> > If you're using a Windows-based computer, take a
> minute to read over 
> > the
> > following press release (the first of several I'll
> likely received from
> > various computer security companies.) Alternately,
> point your browser 
> > to:
> >
>
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/
> > w32.novarg.a at mm.html
> >
> > A nasty new worm/virus is making the rounds of the
> Internet. Some call 
> > it
> > MyDoom; others call it Novarg. Either way, it's
> yet another nasty bit 
> > of
> > business.
> >
> >   One of the things it will do if it infects your
> machine is send a 
> > message
> > out to everyone in your address book. The odds are
> pretty good that if
> > you're infected, one of those addresses will be an
> e-mail you are 
> > subscribed to and
> > all on the list will find out you're infected.
> >
> > Or the bug could end up e-mailing members of that
> list who are in your
> > address book.
> >
> > People who get the virus get it because it appears
> to be an attachment
> > coming from a trusted correspondent. It might have
> the subject line: 
> > "Hello"
> > or "Test" and it might be coming from your mother.
> >
> > At best, the extra e-mail traffic is a bit
> inconvenient. At worse, you 
> > could
> > be sending one of your correspondents a nasty
> payload.
> >
> > So, if you're using a Windows-based computer, take
> a minute to read 
> > over the
> > following press release (the first of several I'll
> likely received from
> > various computer security companies.) Alternately,
> point your browser 
> > to:
> >
>
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/
> > w32.novarg.a at mm.html
> >
> >
> > And remember dear listers: Never, ever, open up
> unsolicited e-mail
> > attachments, even if they are from your mother!
> >
> > From: Central Command Press Release
> > [mailto:presslistmgr at centralcommand.com]
> > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 6:46 PM
> > To: press at centralcommand.com
> > Subject: [ Central Command Press Release ] Global
> Virus Outbreak
> > Worm/MyDoom
> >
> >
> > *** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ***
> >
> >
> > Central Command warns all Internet users of a new
> computer worm named 
> > Worm/MyDoom
> >
> > First serious virus outbreak in 2004, feared to
> top Sobig.F
> > as most prevalent Internet worm and become all
> time leader
> > in just days
> >
> > MEDINA, Ohio January 26, 2004 Central Command, a
> leading
> > provider of PC anti-virus software and computer
> security
> > services, announces the discovery of Worm/MyDoom.
> This new
> > aggressive Internet worm is spreading globally
> with heavy
> > concentrations initially in the United States and
> Europe.
> >
> > "We're seeing fast spreading malicious worms being
> released
> > one after another today," said Steven Sundermeier,
> Vice
> > President of Products and Services at Central
> Command, Inc.
> > "Unfortunately, initial reports of Worm/MyDoom
> have already
> > surpassed the other new releases in a matter of
> minutes. The
> > alarming rate of submissions closely mimics that
> of later
> > variants of Worm/Sobig.F. This has all the
> characteristics
> > of being the next big one."
> >
> > Central Command's Emergency Virus Response Team
> has already
> > confirmed over 3800 infections of Worm/MyDoom in
> fewer than
> > 45 minutes of initial discovery.
> >
> > Details of the Internet worm:
> >
> > Name: Worm/MyDoom
> > Alias: W32.MyDoom at mm
> > Type: Internet Worm
> > Discovered: January 26, 2004
> > Size: 22.528KB
> > Platform: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
> >
> > Description:
> >
> > Worm/MyDoom is an Internet worm that has been seen
> spreading
> > through email. The worm arrives through e-mail in
> the
> > following format:
> >
> > Subject: <varies - some observed subjects include>
> >
> > "Test" "test" "Status"
> >
> > Body: <varies - some observed body messages
> include>
> >
> > "The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII
> encoding
> > and has been sent as a binary attachment."
> >
> > "Mail transaction failed. Partial message is
> available."
> >
> > "test"
> >
> > Attachment: <varies - some observed attachments
> include>
> >
> > document.zip
> > document.pif
> > doc.scr
> > message.pif
> > readme.exe
> > file.zip
> > message.zip
> 
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