[at-l] This one is important

[jpf23235@yahoo.com (JPF)]

Actually, this one's a worry for pretty much everyone. However, it does not
delete all files on the hard drive. Read the facts at
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.vote.a@mm.html .
The good news is this virus is not that widespread and can be easily
contained by existing antiviral technology, meaning that the likelihood of
wide spread infection is probably small.

Joel



Several news services have warned against a
> new file-deleting virus masquerading as a program that
> allows people to vote on whether the United States should go
> to war. According to Reuters News Service, the "Vote Virus"
> is spreading via e-mail to users of Microsoft's Outlook
> e-mail program. The virus appears with the subject line:
> "Peace between America and Islam!" and the body of the
> e-mail reads: "Hi. Is it a war against America or Islam!?
> Let's vote to live in peace!" When the attachment titled
> "WTC.exe" is opened, the virus deletes all the files on the
> computer's hard drive and sends copies of the original
> e-mail message to every address listed in the computer's
> address book. Security experts are afraid that this virus
> will have a "high pick-up" rate, especially among
> peace-promoting groups such as churches, because of the
> topic. The virus is believed to be the work of an
> opportunist and not associated with the Sept. 11 jetliner
> attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
>
> Martin R. Fors.
>


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