IMPORTANT Virus Information
Zip File Contains Worm W32/Mimail-A
~~Mike Baynes, MikesWhatsNews
The latest mass-mailing worm is taking advantage of a known security flaw
in Microsoft's IE. Microsoft has issued patches for this venerability
previously.
W32/Mimail-A arrives in an email claiming to be from your administrator,
(If you only have one computer you would probably realize that is it a fake
as you would be the administrator.)
An attachment, in the email a file 'message.zip', is a copy of the worm,
which scours your hard disk looking for email addresses for its next round
of victims.
If you unzip the file you will find a HTML file inside, named 'message.html'.
When the HTML is opened - and unpatched versions of Outlook will launch this
extracted program without the user even being aware of its existence - the
virus is launched in your system.
Only you can protect yourself from such threats. Keep your MS programs up
to date and check frequently with your Anti Virus program for updates.
And of course 'Do Not Open Attachments'!
See;
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32mimaila.html
http://www.pandasoftware.com/about/press/viewNews.aspx?noticia=3961
Information about the vulnerabilities used by W32/Mimail and about the
updates provided by Microsoft is available at:
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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-014.asp
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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS02-015.asp
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A New Page at My Site That Will Keep You Up-to-Date on
all Viruses and Hoaxes
~~Linda F.
Johnson, Linda's Computer Stop
Because there are so many new viruses coming out all the time, and also
because I am getting very tired of seeing the same Hoaxes being sent around
over and over, I have added a page to my site that links to Sophos and
updates regularly to show all of the newest viruses, the top viruses, and
the top hoaxes. I highly recommend you bookmark this page and visit it often
... ESPECIALLY before you forward some virus warning you receive from a
friend or coworker. Be sure to make sure the warning is legit before
you send it on to hundreds of people!!
Here's the page...please bookmark it:
http://www.personal-computer-tutor.com/sophos.htm
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