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    1. [CLOUD-L] [email protected]
    2. Tom Cloud
    3. Hello, once again there is another worm\virus to be aware of. It is called [email protected] [email protected] is a mass-mailing worm that uses its own SMTP engine to spread itself through file-sharing networks, such as KaZaA and IRC, and attempts to kill antivirus and personal firewall programs running on a computer. The worm can arrive as an email attachment. The subject, body, and From: address of the email may vary. Some examples claim to be patches for Microsoft Internet Explorer, or delivery failure notices from qmail. [email protected] is similar to [email protected] in function, and is written in C++. http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected] This worm exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express in an attempt to execute itself when you open or even preview the message. Information and a patch for the vulnerability can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-020.asp Symantec Security Response has developed a removal tool to clean the infections of [email protected] http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected] Tom Cloud List Administrator

    09/22/2003 05:30:30