curtis
05-09-2005, 11:04 AM
Since I work in I.T., I thought I should warn you all about a bad virus:
In general, what the virus does is collects email address from many different sources....many different types of files, not just an email address book. It creates its own mailserver(smtp), takes one of the email addresses it found and places it in the "from" field, and mails copies of itself to many of the other addresses it has found. On top of that, it disables Symantec Anti-virus's ability to update itself. It does not destroy data on the PC. It may look like the mail is coming from someone you know, but it is not.
Also, the email that the virus sends is deceptive and actually says it has been scanned and is virus free:
Attachment-Scanner: Status OK
AntiVirus: No Virus found
Server-AntiVirus: No Virus (Clean)
http:/ / www.[random domain]
This is NOT the case!!
The attachment may be one of the following:
our_secret.zip
mail_info.zip
error-mail_info.zip
account_info.zip
account_info-text.zip
Never open an attachment unless you know who it is from and why it was sent to you.
You can read a more detailed description of the virus here:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sober.o@mm.html
In general, what the virus does is collects email address from many different sources....many different types of files, not just an email address book. It creates its own mailserver(smtp), takes one of the email addresses it found and places it in the "from" field, and mails copies of itself to many of the other addresses it has found. On top of that, it disables Symantec Anti-virus's ability to update itself. It does not destroy data on the PC. It may look like the mail is coming from someone you know, but it is not.
Also, the email that the virus sends is deceptive and actually says it has been scanned and is virus free:
Attachment-Scanner: Status OK
AntiVirus: No Virus found
Server-AntiVirus: No Virus (Clean)
http:/ / www.[random domain]
This is NOT the case!!
The attachment may be one of the following:
our_secret.zip
mail_info.zip
error-mail_info.zip
account_info.zip
account_info-text.zip
Never open an attachment unless you know who it is from and why it was sent to you.
You can read a more detailed description of the virus here:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sober.o@mm.html