[NCLUG] worm/virus going around

[Daniel Herrington]

Thanks, Michael.  The description I found for this one on symantec
sounds pretty gruesome.  I'll definitely want to get rid of it quick.
If only I had an exclusively-Linux household... sigh.

Daniel



=> Replying to Michael Dwyer's message, "Re: [NCLUG] worm/virus going around"
=> (sent Jan 16 @ 16:02 -0700):
 > Daniel Herrington wrote:
 > > 
 > > Has anyone heard of a Windows-only virus going around that has the
 > > following symptoms?
 > > 
 > > It comes in an email with two attachments:  one .PIF/.COM/.BAT/.EXE
 > > and one .DOC.  If you "open" the first attachment, it says it cannot
 > > be opened, then secretly finds a document on your hard drive and
 > > emails it out to everyone in your Netscape address book.
 > 
 > I believe that Magistr does that.  I'm not sure of the name, but I know
 > I have dealt with it...
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