It's an html formatted mail which has an OBJECT DATA exploit in it.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-032.mspx

Phil

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Phil Randal
Network Engineer
Herefordshire Council
Hereford, UK  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> Behalf Of Pfefferkorn, Pete (pfeffepe)
> Sent: 27 May 2004 15:03
> To: Exchange Discussions
> Subject: Netsky-V questions and scanning
> 
> I have an off topic question.  I have a number of users who 
> have received messages and when they try and open, McAfee on 
> the desktop states that the Exploit-ObjectData has been 
> detected.  Is this the Netsky.V virus which just contains a 
> link in the body?  I'm curious why it would get through our 
> message virus scanning products (Sophos and Trend) or is this 
> a unknown variant and not the Netsky.V
> 
> >  -----Original Message-----
> > From:     McAfee E-mail Scan :  
> > Sent:     Tuesday, May 25, 2004 3:25 PM
> > Subject:  Potentially unwanted message body detected, 
> entire message 
> > has been moved to quarantine folder~
> > 
> > McAfee E-mail Scan : Has detected potentially unwanted 
> e-mail message 
> > body. Virus name: Exploit-ObjectData Message was sent by : 
> Randy Ham 
> > Sender E-mail Address : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Carbon Copy to : None
> 
> 
> Pete Pfefferkorn
> Senior Systems Engineer/Mail Administrator University of Cincinnati
> 51 Goodman Street
> Cincinnati, OH  45221
> Phone - (513) 556-9076
> Fax -   (513) 556-2042
> 
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