Virus Alert!
 

Just incase you haven't heard about the latest virus that's going around. I thought I'd warn everyone just incase.

I got this e-mail from McAfee Security;

Dear Will,

A new variant of W32/Sobig, W32/Sobig.f@MM is a High Risk mass-mailing worm. It arrives as an email attachment with a .pif or .scr extension. When run, it infects the host computer, then emails itself (using its own SMTP engine) to harvested email addresses from the victim's machine. In addition, when it propagates, the worm "spoofs" the "from: field", using one of the harvested email addresses.

Note: The worm copies itself onto the infected machine as: C:\WINNT\WINPPR32.EXE

Caution: An infected email can come from addresses you recognize and may contain the following information:

WHAT TO LOOK FOR:

Subject: [content varies]
- Your details
- Thank you!
- Re: Thank you!
- Re: Details
- Re: Re: My details
- Re: Approved
- Re: Your application
- Re: Wicked screensaver
- Re: That movie

Body: [content varies]
- See the attached file for details
- Please see the attached file for details

Attachment: [content varies]
- your_document.pif
- document_all.pif
- thank_you.pif
- your_details.pif
- details.pif
- document_9446.pif
- application.pif
- wicked_scr.scr
- movie0045.pif



Learn More about W32/Sobig.f@MM http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/defau...irus_k=100561]
Scan for W32/Sobig.f@MM [http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp]

NOOOOO! Not another one! I just got rid of that blaster bastard.

Thanks for the warning.

Becky

Thanks!! I've already had a few in my hotmail account.. thank God I'm paranoid anyway and I deleted them!!

Tash

There are certain file extensions that you should NEVER open - even if you haven't been warned.

.vbp - visual basic project
.scr - script files or screensaver
.bat - batch files

If you are not sure what a file extension is, the best choice is not to open it. You can go here to check out the definition of any file type:

http://www.computeruser.com/resource...filetypes.html

Kathleen

I always get them in my emails. I just delete them without seeing it. 8)

I got my Norton antivirus. :wink:

I don't open most file attachments unless they're .gif or .jpeg. I won't open .exe attachments even though their pretty common.

Becky

I already got 100 of those emails today. I created a rule that emails with subject as listed in your post should be deleted right away. So no bother for me anymore. When I checked my mail this morning I got 54 ! :shock:

????

i got this email from norton virus...


Recipient of the infected attachment: rebekah\Inbox
Subject of the message: Re: That movie
One or more attachments were quarantined.
Attachment details.pif was Quarantined for the following reasons:
Virus W32.Sobig.F@mm was found.

and it had an attachment??? i dont knwo who 'rebekah' is nor did i send any virus....
:?