Discussion
simpo two said:
That's the spirit. I guess how much you get affected by a virus depends on whether you're in somone's address book who has it... like my Novargs - relentless for 2 weeks, then nothing.
Bring 'em on!!!
or, with the newer ones, if they have been to a web page with your address on it.....
Quick summary of the updates I was dealing with in the last 48 hours...
W32/Netsky.b@MM is a Medium Risk mass-mailing worm that copies itself to folders named "share" or "sharing" on the infected system. It spreads itself to addresses it steals, spoofing or forging the "from: field" or using the address skynet@skynet.de. The worm also tries to deactivate the W32/Mydoom.a@MM and W32/Mydoom.b@MM viruses on the host computer.
Aliases: Moodown.B, I-Worm.Moodown.b
Caution: An infected email can come from addresses you recognize.
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W32/Bagle.b@MM is a Medium Risk mass-mailing worm with a potentially dangerous remote access component that may open a backdoor on an infected computer to hackers. Similar to last month's outbreak, W32/Bagle.b@MM arrives as an executable attachment inside an email. When run, the virus emails itself to addresses it steals from the infected computer, spoofing the "from: field" with one of the harvested addresses.
If the date is Feb. 25, 2004 or later, the worm simply exits and does not attempt to spread.
Aliases: W32.Aula@mm, W32/Tanx.A-mm
Caution: An infected email can come from addresses you recognize.
W32/Netsky.b@MM is a Medium Risk mass-mailing worm that copies itself to folders named "share" or "sharing" on the infected system. It spreads itself to addresses it steals, spoofing or forging the "from: field" or using the address skynet@skynet.de. The worm also tries to deactivate the W32/Mydoom.a@MM and W32/Mydoom.b@MM viruses on the host computer.
Aliases: Moodown.B, I-Worm.Moodown.b
Caution: An infected email can come from addresses you recognize.
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W32/Bagle.b@MM is a Medium Risk mass-mailing worm with a potentially dangerous remote access component that may open a backdoor on an infected computer to hackers. Similar to last month's outbreak, W32/Bagle.b@MM arrives as an executable attachment inside an email. When run, the virus emails itself to addresses it steals from the infected computer, spoofing the "from: field" with one of the harvested addresses.
If the date is Feb. 25, 2004 or later, the worm simply exits and does not attempt to spread.
Aliases: W32.Aula@mm, W32/Tanx.A-mm
Caution: An infected email can come from addresses you recognize.
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