[at-l] OT New Virus Threat

[jbryankramer at msn.com (J Bryan Kramer)]

There are two new worms making the rounds the AV software companies are on
top of the situation. Just keep your definitions up to date and follow the
golden rule of virii, never, ever under any circumstances open any
unexpected attachments.

Bryan

"Si vis pacem para bellum"

>
> Our college had an intra-college memo sent last week.  We were warned that
> this is "apparently" a new virus and many of the anti-viral software have
> not yet updated their profiles to include this version.  Most of our
> computers are connected so as to automatically update, but we were warned
> that if our computer was not connected so as to automatically update, we
> should keep checking our anti-viral software provider's site.  I got the
> feeling that this is a bad worm.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Ehli [mailto:richehli@optonline.net]
> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 10:03 PM
> To: at-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Subject: [at-l] OT New Virus Threat
>
>
> Within the past week I received 2 emails purportedly sent by
> *support[at]microsoft.com* The first one contained a message
> about *your new
> password is enclosed* It seemed suspect and so I deleted it.
> About two days
> later, a second message arrived from the same sender informing me that my
> computer was infected with a virus and to get help I should click on the
> address included in the email for assistance. That got deleted immediately
> also. Now I learn that these are variants of new worm called
> *W32/Sobig.b[at]MM* first identified 5/18.
>
> I believe my system is ok since I didn't take the bait and my anti-virus
> software (McAfee) is up to date. I don't know if my receipt of
> these emails
> has anything to do with this list but I thought I'd pass along the warning
> for what its worth.
>
> Beegfut
>
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