Lin Little ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 1:30 PM Subject: Virus Alert > > Dear turboWeb customers, > > Last night (06/03/01) a particularly dangerous virus surfaced in the United > States, called [email protected] The virus email message appears as follows: > > Subject: Fw: Naked Wife > Body: > My wife never look like that! ;-) > > Best Regards, > (sender's name) > > Attached: NakedWife.exe > > IF YOU RECEIVE THIS EMAIL DELETE IT IMMEDIATELY! > You should never open any emails or attachments that you are not sure of. > > [email protected] is a mass mailing worm that disguises itself as > flash movie. The attachment is named NakedWife.exe. This > worm, after it has attempted to email everyone in the Microsoft > Outlook address book, will attempt to delete several system files, > such as .BMP, .COM, .DLL, .EXE, .INI, and .LOG files in the WINDOWS > and WINDOWS\SYSTEM directories. > This will leave the system unusable, usually requiring a re-install. > > SYMPTOMS: > - Absence of .BMP, .COM, .DLL, .EXE, .INI, and .LOG files in the > WINDOWS and WINDOWS\SYSTEM directories > - Inability to launch applications > - Email correspondence alerting you that they have received the > attachment NakedWife.exe from you. > - Missing WIN.COM error message upon restarting Windows > > (Information courtesy of Network Associates and Symantec) > > For further information; > > http://vil.nai.com/vil/virusSummary.asp?virus_k=99035 > http://service1.symantec.com/sarc/sarc.nsf/html/[email protected] > > regards > turboWeb > >