Info about The new virus worm that is going around

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VIRUS info

I checked out this virus and read up on the pertinent

information. Here is one of the notices I was sent, and at the bottom I

have also put a link for you if you want to read up on this E Mail Virus.

There IS a fix for this :-)

Netsky Virus Clogging E-Mail Systems, Making Beeps

An e-mail virus known as Netsky.d

appeared Monday, clogging e-mail servers and making computers make weird noises

as it spread itself.

Antivirus firm McAfee said the worm -- like previous

outbreaks such as Mydoom -- spreads by emailing

itself to addresses found on infected machines.

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REMEMBER: Don't open e-mail

attachments that end in .vbs, .pif or other

unfamiliar extensions. Even if the e-mail appears to come from a trusted

source, it could be someone " spoofing " an address. Confirm it's

from who you think it's from before you open.

The firm also said that many of the samples it has seen come

not from the e-mail account it says it's from, but are messages with

" spoofed " addresses taken from infected computers.

When it infects a machine, Netsky.d

tries to copy itself to all drives on a system. It also attempts to disable the

previously noted Mydoom.a and Mydoom.b

worms.

It can cause a computer to make random beeping sounds with

varying pitches and rhythm.

Netsky.d uses

innocuous-sounding subject lines to trick users into opening e-mail and opening

the attached .pif file.

Some of the subject lines noted include:

Re: Hi

Hello

Thanks!

Re: Document

Re: Message

Re: Here

Re: Details

Re: Your details

Re: Approved

Re: Your document

Re: Your text

Re: Excel file

Re: Word file

Re: My details

Re: Your music

Re: Your bill

Re: Your letter

Re: Document

Re: Your website

Re: Your product

Re: Your document

Re: Your software

Re: Your archive

Re: Your picture

Re: Here is the document

Here is a link for you if you would like more information:

http://www3.ca.com/virusinfo/virus.aspx?ID=38453

Hugs,

Deanna

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Thanks for this Deanna. I don't have any strange beeps so I guess I'm in the clear. whew

Karol

Info about The new virus worm that is going around

VIRUS info

I checked out this virus and read up on the pertinent information. Here is one of the notices I was sent, and at the bottom I have also put a link for you if you want to read up on this E Mail Virus. There IS a fix for this :-)

[Guest guest]

Thanks for this Deanna. I don't have any strange beeps so I guess I'm in the clear. whew

Karol

It's okay Karol, if you do get strange beeps they make a great over the counter lotion that will clear them right up, lol