ME and Ophelia

Thursday, August 21, 2003

 
YET ANOTHER EMAIL VIRUS ON THE LOOSE - W32/Dumaru-A

If you scroll down to the end of my sidebar (on your right) you will see a LIVE Sophos info feed - click on any virus name for the latest details.

Note: W32/Dumaru-A is now at the top of the alert list.

[Excerpt] W32/Dumaru-A is a virus that spreads using email and infects other executable using NTFS Alternate Data Stream.

The virus arrives in an email message with the following characteristics:
Sender: "Microsoft"
Subject Line: Use this patch immediately!
Message text: Dear friend, use this Internet Explorer patch now! There are dangerous virus in the Internet now!
More than 500,000 already infected!
Attached file: patch.exe
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# posted by Ingrid J. Jones @ 8/21/2003
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