Guest guest Posted June 7, 2001 Report Share Posted June 7, 2001 I don't usually pass on virus warnings unless I have checked them out....and I got this warning directly from Microsoft and it looks particularly vicious! I am not going to be using my OE for awhile as Norton does not seem to catch everything going in there for some reason. Beware of the 'Miss World' virusThis "cute" Flash image not only floods your Outlook contacts with mail, but it might erase your C: drive as well. Borrowing from the success of NakedWife, a new worm, MsWorld, displays a Flash window illustration while mass mailing everyone you know and attempting to reformat your C: drive. MsWorld (W32.MsWorld@MM) hails from Great Britain and at this time, it has not spread very far or very fast. Since it can clog e-mail servers and damage users' root drive files, MsWorld ranks as a 6 on the ZDNet Virus Meter. Read the full story: http://msn.zdnet.com/msn/zdnet/story/0%2C12461%2C2766546-hud00025ab%2C00.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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