Hi there,
Thanks to Jayce Steadman's carefull eye, the virus has been detected. It
only effects users with Microsoft Outlook 4.0 or 5.0 and the patch can be
found here.....
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms99-032.asp
Here is the technical blurb on it...
The worm appends itself to the end of legitimate outgoing messages as a
signature. When receiving the message, the worm will automatically insert a
copy of itself into the appropriate StartUp directory of the Windows
operating system for both English and French language versions. The file
created is named KAK.HTA.
The worm utilizes a known Microsoft Outlook Express security hole,
Scriptlet.Typelib, so that a viral file is created on the system without
having to run any attachment. Simply reading the received email message
will cause the virus to be placed on the system.
Another apology to everyone. That's the last time I'm using MS Outlook ever
again!
Evan
