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New 'War
Vote' Virus Deletes Computer Files
By Elinor Mills Abreu
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Computer
security experts on Monday warned of a new virus that deletes files while
masquerading as a program that will allow people to vote on whether the
United States should go to war over the Sept. 11 hijacker attacks.
The ``Vote Virus'', which so far is
not wide spread, circulates via e-mail to users of Microsoft Corp.'s
(Nasdaq:MSFT - news) Outlook e-mail program, said
Simon Perry, vice president of security solutions at Computer Associates
International Inc. (NYSE:CA - news)
The virus, punctuated by strange
grammar and a mix of lower- and upper-case letters, appears with the subject
line: ''Peace between America and Islam!'' and the body of the e-mail reads:
``Hi. Is it a war against America or Islam!? Let's vote to live in peace!''
Perry and other experts said.
When the attachment entitled
``WTC.exe'' is opened, the virus tries to delete all the files on the
computer's hard drive and sends copies of the e-mail to every address listed
in the computer's address book, he said.
The virus also defaces any Web pages
that are hosted by an infected computer to read: ``America ... few days will
show you what we can do!!! It's our turn ))) ZaCker is so sorry for you,''
according to Perry.
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010924/wr/tech_votevirus_dc_2.html
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-----Original
Message-----
From: Murray
Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 1:57
PM
To: NT System Admin
Issues
Subject: RE: New
virus on the loose
Rick, where did you hear
this? While I realize that it's possible for a virus to "erase" your hard
drive, I get nervous everytime I hear that a virus is on the loose that will
wipe your drive clean, etc,etc.
Murray
-----Original
Message-----
From:
Ziminski, Rick (Rick)** CTR ** [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 3:32
PM
To: NT System Admin
Issues
Subject: New virus
on the loose
A new virus
called W32/Vote@MM has been reported to be circulating around the
Internet. If you receive an email with the Subject: "Fwd:Peace BeTweeN
AmeriCa And IsLam!", delete the email and do not open the "wtc.exe"
attachment. Executing the "wtc.exe" attachment will format your
C-drive and destroy your data.
Rick
rzski@hotmail
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