Clare L. Herrick wrote: > > Normally, I don't send or allow chain mail, or hoax warnings on my lists. However, > after checking the validity of the following, I think its important enough to send out to > the masses in order to help our new computer users especially. > > Subject: 2 Nasty Viruses > > This alert is very real, unlike the virus hoaxes we so often get in e- > mail. Web page URLs from ZDNet, McAfee, and Norton are given below, > where you can go read about this stuff. > > There are currently TWO viruses (one is actually a worm) spreading on > the Net the past couple of days. They both can cause significant > problems. They are: > > ** Worm.ExploreZip -- spreads via an attachment to e-mail, called > "zipped_files.exe". So, obviously, if you get an e-mail with such an > attachment, delete it straight away; even if it's from your Mom! :) > because this thing replicates itself unbeknownst to the sender. > > This thing scans hard drives for Microsoft Office files (.doc, .xls, . > ppt) and a few others, and erases them by reducing file size to zero > Kb. Possibly some serious damage. > > ** PrettyPark -- spreads via an e-mail attachment named "PrettyPark. > exe". Same advisement about deleting such an e-mail would apply. > > It sends itself to others in your e-mail address book, and also > connects to a customized IRC channel, where it sends info gathered > off your computer (no lie). > > To read more about these bugs, you can go to ZDNet News at > > http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/special/doublevirus.html > > Or Avert Labs' site (a division of NAI, the people who put out McAfee > AntiVirus): > > http://www.avertlabs.com/public/datafiles/valerts/vinfo/va10185.asp > > http://www.avertlabs.com/public/datafiles/valerts/vinfo/va10184.asp > > Or the Norton site: > > http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/worm.explore.zip.html > > http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/prettypark.worm.html > > Anyway, be careful! And it isn't a bad idea to go to the website of > your respective antivirus maker, and download/install the latest > updates. > > Sincerely, > Clare Herrick, Listowner for Stark Count, Ohio and Lowndes County, Mississippi > > ==== OHSTARK Mailing List ==== > Before forwarding any Virus Warnings or Chain Letters to anyone, check them out at: http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html > DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS OR JOKES TO THE MAILING LIST. Are you perhaps descended from Timothy Robinson Herrick and wife Mary Hulbert of Wellington, Lorain, Ohio? (1827-1901). Jim Hartline