Hello All, PLEASE update your anti-virus definitions today. more can be obtained on this threat from www.symantec.com . Due to an increased rate of submissions, Symantec Security Response has upgraded the threat rating of VBS.VBSWG.AQ@mm from Category 2 to Category 3 as of June 6, 2002. VBS.VBSWG.AQ@mm is a VBScript threat that is designed to send itself as ShakiraPics.jpg.vbs to users of Microsoft Outlook or IRC. This threat also overwrites .vbs and .vbe files with its own code. The email has the following characteristics: Subject: Shakira's Pictures Message: Hi : i have sent the photos via attachment have funn... Attachment: ShakiraPics.jpg.vbs NOTE: This threat was previously a zoo detection discovered in the wild on June 6, 2002. Also Known As: VBS/VBSWG.aq@MM, VBS_VBSWG.AQ, VBS/VBSWG-AQ, VBSWG.AQ Type: Worm Infection Length: 7,995 bytes Systems Affected: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP Systems Not Affected: Windows 3.x, Macintosh, Unix, Linux , Symantec Security Response has upgraded the threat rating of VBS.VBSWG.AQ@mm from Category 2 to Category 3 as of June 6, 2002. Regards Barbara Mallyon Basingstoke, Hants, UK BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk Listowner