[extropy-chat] Computer virus

[Kevin Freels]

Every day I send about 25 attachments and receive close to a hundred. This
doesn't include the SPAM, just the regular documents necessary to do my job.
Many come from total strangers.

Norton Antivirus 2003 is up to date..I check it nearly every day just to
make sure. Everything that comes in goes through the Yahoo virus filter
before downloading to Outlook Express. Then Norton scans incoming mail.
Finally, I have my settings to scan all files on opening.

I was hit with this thing about 200 times today! Each time it came in,
Norton grabbed it. I was a bit concerned that just maybe 1 or two could have
gotten through. I ran a full scan and sure enough, 4 virus infected files
were sitting in temp directories where Outlook Express temporarily stores
attachments! They hadn't been activated or opened, but the fact that they
weren't noticed until I ran a full scan was scary enough! What a wicked mean
beast!

Earlier in the day, I happened across a website that had the actual code
posted for this sucker. It supposedly is set to email stuff or send info to
http://www.russnelson.com/
Some of the code is at http://www.russnelson.com/mydoom
I don;t know if tehre is truth in any of this or if I was just following a
blind aley hoax, but it was a bit interesting.

I also found that McAfee 4318 update is not enough to stop this bug. If you
have McAfee, you need today's newest DAT file 4319.

Kevin Freels


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <natashavita at earthlink.net>
To: <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
Cc: <advisors at alcor.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 4:06 PM
Subject: [extropy-chat] Computer virus


> 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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