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New Virus Alert

  • 04-03-2004 2:12am
    #1
    greglo23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,028 ✭✭✭


    hi people just got this from the great Langa.com
    newsletter.

    There's a malicious worm being spread right now; it masquerades as a message from an isp--- verizon, aol,and others; even from me ("Dear user of Langa.com gateway e-mail server,..." or something similar).

    The email usually contains a password-protected Zip file, with instructions on how to open it.

    DO NOT OPEN THE FILE!It's not really from me--- or Verizon, or AOL, or whomever. Those "From" addresses and other headers are faked, but very convincingly: the worm is quite clever.

    But the file is a trojan designed to infect your system. The worm-writers placed the file in a password-protected file to try to hide from some anti-virus tools.

    Don't be fooled: JUST DELETE THE FILE AND THE EMAIL.


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  • #2
    Ebonyks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 529 ✭✭✭Ebonyks


    yep :mad: have received such an email in eircom account from the address "managment@eircom.net"
    Eircom are well aware of it.

    DO NOT OPEN!!

    The attachment contains the following worm or some variant.

    W32.Beagle.A@mm

    This a mass-mailing worm that accesses remote Web sites and sends email to any addresses it finds using its own SMTP engine.
    Dear user of Eircom.net gateway e-mail server,

    Some of our clients complained about the spam (negative e-mail content)
    outgoing from your e-mail account. Probably, you have been infected by
    a proxy-relay trojan server. In order to keep your computer safe,
    follow the instructions.

    Pay attention on attached file.

    For security reasons attached file is password protected. The password is "06711".

    Have a good day,
    The Eircom.net team http://www.eircom.net


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