[extropy-chat] Computer virus

[natashavita at earthlink.net]

Friends,

"There is a new e-mail virus circulating that is hitting computers
everywhere.

The virus--known as MyDoom, Novarg and as a variant of the Mimail virus by
different antivirus companies--arrives in an in-box with one of several
different random subject lines, such as "Mail Delivery System," "Test" or
"Mail Transaction Failed." The body of the e-mail contains an executable
file and a statement such as: "The message contains Unicode characters and
has been sent as a binary attachment."

When a computer is infected, the worm will set up a backdoor into the system
by opening TCP ports 3127 through 3198, which can potentially allow an
attacker to connect to the computer and use it as a proxy to gain access to
its network resources.  In addition, the backdoor can download and execute
arbitrary files.

The worm will perform a Denial of Service (DoS) starting on February 1,
2004. It also has a trigger date to stop spreading on February 12, 2004.

Please check to make sure that your Norton Antivirus is up-to-date.  If not,
please run LiveUpdate and then reboot your computer."

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