Virus warning - America/Islam poll
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Virus warning - America/Islam poll
Have just picked this warning up locally - may be of help to Ppruners ........
Experts are warning of a new file-deleting virus masquerading as a program that allows people to vote by e-mail on whether the United States should go to war will arrive in the UK soon. 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!"....
Experts are warning of a new file-deleting virus masquerading as a program that allows people to vote by e-mail on whether the United States should go to war will arrive in the UK soon. 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!"....
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From the McAfee Virus Information Library. See more at the link.
W32/Vote@MM
--- Update September 25, 2001 ---
AVERT has received very few customer samples of this threat.
This mass-mailing worm is detected heuristically, with program heuristics turned on, as New Backdoor with the 4100 (or newer) DAT files. Full non-heuristic detection was include in the 4163 DATs.
W32/Vote@MM is a mass-mailing worm which can delete system files. It arrives with an email message containing the following information:
Subject: Fwd:Peace BeTweeN AmeriCa And IsLaM !
Body:
Hi
iS iT A waR Against AmeriCa Or IsLaM !?
Let's Vote To Live in Peace!
Attachment: WTC.EXE
W32/Vote@MM
--- Update September 25, 2001 ---
AVERT has received very few customer samples of this threat.
This mass-mailing worm is detected heuristically, with program heuristics turned on, as New Backdoor with the 4100 (or newer) DAT files. Full non-heuristic detection was include in the 4163 DATs.
W32/Vote@MM is a mass-mailing worm which can delete system files. It arrives with an email message containing the following information:
Subject: Fwd:Peace BeTweeN AmeriCa And IsLaM !
Body:
Hi
iS iT A waR Against AmeriCa Or IsLaM !?
Let's Vote To Live in Peace!
Attachment: WTC.EXE
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Problems refering so I have xposted from R&N
As well ss the excellent advice above it is time to consider other options, as I recently advised a friend:
On Thursday 20 September 2001 02:44, you wrote:
<snip> > ----- Original Message -----
> > >
> > > You can guard against infection by upgrading to Internet Explorer 5.01
> > > Service Pack 2, or, version 5.5 Service Pack 2 at
> > > http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
> > >
Or more sucessfully before making the change to linux
1. Download
Ieradicator - http://www.98lite.net/ieradicator.html
Opera - http://www.opera.com/download/ (get the one with java)
Eudora Light - http://www.eudora.com/products/eudora/download/
2. Backup outlook address book, mail and IE bookmarks
3. Install Opera and Eudora
4. Import IE bookmarks into Opera, outlook to Eudora - http://www.eudora.com/techsupport/kb/1507hq.html
5. Remove outlook via Settings - Add/remove programs
6. Run IEradicator
7. Watch the process with some feeling of joy
8. Notice how much faster your machine is. Be nervous about security
rather than terrified.
As well ss the excellent advice above it is time to consider other options, as I recently advised a friend:
On Thursday 20 September 2001 02:44, you wrote:
<snip> > ----- Original Message -----
> > >
> > > You can guard against infection by upgrading to Internet Explorer 5.01
> > > Service Pack 2, or, version 5.5 Service Pack 2 at
> > > http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
> > >
Or more sucessfully before making the change to linux
1. Download
Ieradicator - http://www.98lite.net/ieradicator.html
Opera - http://www.opera.com/download/ (get the one with java)
Eudora Light - http://www.eudora.com/products/eudora/download/
2. Backup outlook address book, mail and IE bookmarks
3. Install Opera and Eudora
4. Import IE bookmarks into Opera, outlook to Eudora - http://www.eudora.com/techsupport/kb/1507hq.html
5. Remove outlook via Settings - Add/remove programs
6. Run IEradicator
7. Watch the process with some feeling of joy
8. Notice how much faster your machine is. Be nervous about security
rather than terrified.
