New virus alert folks, Better safe than sorry.
Ivan. Virus Characteristics *Update - June 19,2000: AVERT has raised the ARA for this Internet worm from LOW to HIGH based on the number of samples received. We recommend ensuring that .SHS file extensions are included in all scanning programs. This is a multi-application Internet worm which is designed with intent to spread using one of four spreading mechanisms. This worm takes advantage of installations of Pirch, Outlook, mIRC, and also spreads to available mapped drives. This Internet worm was first announced on the author's website and has not been seen at a customer site as of this description posting. This worm may arrive by email in the following format: Subject: [P1]+[P2]+[P3] Body: > The male and female stages of life. Attachment: LIFE_STAGES.TXT.SHS In the above, the subject line is variable, but limited to 12 possible combinations. P1, P2 & P3 are chosen from the respective lists below: P1 -» "FW: ", "" P2 -» "Life stages", "Funny", "Jokes" P3 -» " text", "" Examples: Subject = "Funny" Subject = "FW: Jokes text" Subject = "Life stages" http://vil.nai.com/villib/dispvirus.asp?virus_k=98668 If you have Microsoft Outlook installed on your computer (probably those with Office installed) even if you do not use it as your email client, you may need to install the Outlook update: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q264/5/19.asp Outlook updates : http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/downloadDetails/Out98sec.htm http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/2000/downloadDetails/Out2ksec.htm -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
