I also received the same sort of thing from another Roots_L list, but it was from somebody with whom I've corresponded often. When I tried to reply, the e-mail address was bad. Strange. Must be something in Roots Web. Maybe it was a coincidence, but I got one of those "Hahaha.....Snow White..." virus e-mails today too. (Don't worry. I didn't open it, double-deleted it, and ran a virus scan.) --- Kathy Jones Kristof <[email protected]> wrote: > I also received a message from Susan with an > attachment that was blank. I emailed her directly > requesting it be resent, but I've received no reply. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com
2. New Variant Infecting Thousands - WORM_BADTRANS.B (Medium Risk) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This memory-resident Internet worm is a variant of WORM_BADTRANS.A. It propagates via MAPI32, has a Key Logger component, and arrives with randomly selected double-extension filenames. It does not require the email receiver to open the attachment for it to execute. It uses a known vulnerability in Internet Explorer-based email clients (Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express) to automatically execute the file attachment. This is also known as Automatic Execution of Embedded MIME type. This worm is currently spreading in-the-wild, and is classified as medium risk. As of November 30, there have been more than 20,000 infections of WORM_BADTRANS.B worldwide, according to Trend Micro's World Virus Tracking Center at: http://wtc.trendmicro.com/wtc/ WORM_BADTRANS.B is detected by Trend Micro pattern file #170 or #970. For additional information about WORM_BADTRANS.B, please visit Trend Micro at: http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_BADTRANS .B. 3. 10 Most Prevalent In-the-Wild Malware Surveyed by Trend Micro US (week of: November 19, 2001 to November 25, 2001) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. PE_MAGISTR.B 2. PE_MAGISTR.A 3. JS_EXCEPTION.GEN 4. WORM_BADTRANS.B 5. VBS_HAPTIME.A 6. TROJ_SIRCAM.A 7. JS_KAKWORM.A 8. WORM_SIRCAM.A 9. PE_MAGISTR.DAM 10. PE_CIH SPECIAL OFFER: Webmasters, add free virus information updates to your Web site with our Virus Info Feed. Simply copy and paste a small piece of code to give your visitors a real-time top 10 list and the latest virus advisories. Setup takes approximately 10 minutes and requires no server-side code on your Web site. All content is updated automatically from Trend Micro's Web site. http://www.antivirus.com/syndication/vinfo/default.asp?ref=nwsltr 4. Top 5 Viruses Trend Micro's US Customers are Most Concerned About (where systems were not infected) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. JOKE_FLIPPED 2. JS_EXCEPTION.GEN 3. PE_MAGISTR.B 4. PE_SPACES.1445 5. WORM_BADTRANS.A -----Original Message----- From: Nancy Bower [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 7:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CARTER-L] Message from Susan I also received the same sort of thing from another Roots_L list, but it was from somebody with whom I've corresponded often. When I tried to reply, the e-mail address was bad. Strange. Must be something in Roots Web. Maybe it was a coincidence, but I got one of those "Hahaha.....Snow White..." virus e-mails today too. (Don't worry. I didn't open it, double-deleted it, and ran a virus scan.) --- Kathy Jones Kristof <[email protected]> wrote: > I also received a message from Susan with an > attachment that was blank. I emailed her directly > requesting it be resent, but I've received no reply. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com