Hari ini saya melihat bloomberg tivi yang memberikan
peringatan akan adanya virus baru. Sore ini saya
mendapat kiriman dari rekan saya tentang virus
baru tersebut.
Semoga informasi ini bisa bermanfaat buat rekan2
untuk mengantisipasi kehadirannya.
jabat erat,
Irwan Ariston Napitupulu
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Several people have been hit by mellissa and the lovely happy99.exe
virus/worms. Well here is a new one that is hitting a lot of people read
this
and pass it onto your friends and co workers.
Press release
For immediate release
A new e-mail worm spreading globally
'ZippedFiles' or 'ExploreZip' spreads like Melissa
Espoo, Finland, June 10, 1999 - A new e-mail worm has been found and is
spreading rapidly through the Internet. This virus works like a chain
letter
and carries a destructive payload. So far, it has been reported from a
dozen
countries, including USA, Germany, Norway, Israel and the Czech Republic.
The
virus is expected to spread globally within hours.
This virus is known as either 'ZippedFiles' or 'ExploreZip'. It arrives
to a
user via an e-mail attachment. When the attachment is opened, the virus
will
browse through the inbox of the Microsoft Outlook e-mail program and will
send
a reply to every message.
As a result, if a user called John Doe has recently received an e-mail
from
Jane Smith with the subject 'Please check these numbers', John's machine
will
automatically send a message which will look like this:
From: John Doe
To: Jane Smith
Subject: RE: Please check these numbers
Hi Jane
I have received your email and I shall send you a reply ASAP.
Till then take a look at the attached zipped docs.
Sincerely
John.
Attachment: zipped_files.exe
The attachment looks like a WinZip archive file. When the received tries
to
unpack it by double-clicking it, he will get a WinZip error message
complaining
about a broken archive:
Cannot open file: it does not appear to be a valid archive.
If this file is part of a ZIP format backup set, insert the last disk
of the
backup set and try again.
Please press F1 for help.
In addition to spreading like a chain letter, the virus will try to
overwrite
the user's files on any accessible drives, including all network drives.
The
files that are overwritten must have one of these extensions:
DOC - Microsoft Word documents
XLS - Microsoft Excel spreadsheets
PPT - Microsoft PowerPoint presentations
ASM - Assembler source files
CPP - C++ source files
If the recipient is using an e-mail system other than Microsoft Outlook,
ZippedFiles will not spread further. However, it will damage the
recipient's
files. ZippedFiles operates under the Windows 95, 98 and NT operating
systems.
"This seems to be spreading fast," Mikko Hypponen, Manager of Anti-Virus
Research at Data Fellows Corporation, comments, "but not as fast Melissa.
The
key issue here is that messages sent by ZippedFiles are very credible -
they
are normal-looking replies to messages you have sent earlier. You're
quite
likely to trust these messages and open the attachment."
Data Fellows has analysed ZippedFiles and has provided an update to
detect and
disinfect it. More technical information on the virus and the update are
both
available from http://www.DataFellows.com or
http://www.europe.datafellows.com/v-descs/zipped.htm
