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Re: BIG BAD VIRUS ..again!
Posted by Scott WRG Editor on Wed Dec 05, 2001 07:40:55 AM
In reply top BIG BAD VIRUS ..again! posted by Dave on Tue Dec 04, 2001 11:09:45 PM
In general you best bet it to keep your antivirus updated and only open attachments from known sources. I never open .EXE or zip files... EVER. It's just not worth the risk.
Scott
: McAfee.com has seen an OUTBREAK of computers infected with
: W32/Goner@MM, also known as Pentagone, Goner or Gone. Thi
: s is a NEW, HIGH RISK virus that spreads via Microsoft Out
: look email and ICQ instant messaging programs. This mass-m
: ailing worm will arrive from someone you know with the fol
: lowing email message:
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: Subject: Hi
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: Body:
: How are you ?
: When I saw this screen saver, I immediately thought about
: you
: I am in a harry, I promise you will love it!
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: Attachment: GONE.SCR
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: Goner has a DESTRUCTIVE PAYLOAD. When the attachment is op
: ened, it will look for a variety of anti-virus, firewall a
: nd other security programs and attempt to delete them, alo
: ng with ALL FILES in the same directory. This worm will al
: so place a trojan, REMOTE32.INI, on the system, which cont
: ains instructions to attempt Denial-of-Service attacks on
: other IRC users.
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