Virus Alert

[Miket]

Subj: Symantec Virus Alert - W32.Netsky.D@mm
Date: 02/03/2004 17:47:17 GMT Standard Time
From: SymantecUK@reply.digitalriver.com
To: mikejptaylor@AOL.COM
Sent from the Internet (Details)




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Dear Symantec Store Customer,


*********************************** Virus Warning *************************************************
************************* W32.Netsky.D@mm - Category 4 Virus **************************************


Symantec has upgraded the W32.Netsky.D@mm to a Level 4 threat [On a scale of 1-5,
5 being highest].

W32.Netsky.D@mm, a variant of the recent W32.Netsky.C, is a mass-mailing worm that
uses its own SMTP engine to send itself to e-mail addresses it finds when scanning
a hard drive. This may clog mail servers or degrade network performance. The worm
attempts to remove registry keys for various worms such as W32.Mydoom.A@mm,
W32.Mydoom.B@mm and W32.Mimail.T@mm, attempting to deactivate these threats.


Identifiable Characteristics of virus email:


(The Subject, Body, and e-mail attachment vary. See technical details for the full
lists of possible subject lines, messages, and attachments. Click on Symantec Security
Response link below for more details)


*From: (spoofed)

*Subject: Re: Your website
Re: Your product
Re: Your letter (there are

*Body: Your file is attached.
Please read the attached file.
Please have a look at the attached file.

*Attachment: your_website.pif
your_product.pif
your_letter.pif
your_archive.pif


With the newly found mass-mailing worm, W32.Netsky.D@mm, Symantec advises customers
to protect the network and update the definition file of all the Symantec AntiVirus
solutions, using LiveUpdate and Intelligent Updater.

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More info & virus definitions download
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If you are already a customer for more information and to download the latest virus
definitions click on the Symantec Security Response link below:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com...tsky.d@mm.html


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Tools
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If you think that your computer may already be infected, click on the Symantec Security Checker
which will scan your PC online, and let you know the appropriate action to take should you have
a virus present.

http://security.symantec.com/default...d=uk&venid=sym

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Yours Sincerely,
Symantec Online Store Team.




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[Trigger]

Hi Mike, guess Symantec/Norton sales must be down! I use Grisoft/AVG which is free and update it automatically every few days. It works fine. No need to catch a virus. Don't open any attachments you're not sure of. Don't click on any links in an email. Don't run Outlook Express in preview mode. The last one I picked up was from someone on the forum who sent an attachment I was expecting. Klez was on it but AVG picked it up immediately and quarantined it. No problem. I don't check my mail directly with Outlook any more. I use a notifier which lets me preview all my mail. I use it for dumping spam too, directly off the server without even seeing it! I have a filter set up which makes a really pleasing sound when spam is dumped! When I go for my mail with Outlook Express I know what's there already. Just a few jottings, Trigger. :tu