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03/05/2004:
One of the latest email viruses making the rounds is one called W32.Beagle.K@mm. It disguises itself as a message from someone at
your ISP - whichever ISP you use, but in our case it states that its from the "mergetel.com" team. There are several possible messages
but the common factor is that it will instruct you to open an attached, password protected zip file, and will supply the password.
Do not open the file!
The attached file is the virus, and opening it will infect your computer. It's sent as a passworded zip file so that it can evade your
anti-virus software. For more information on the virus,
click here to visit the Norton AV listing for it.
10/03/2002:
BugBear virus: Please check HERE for
more information on this virus. If you don't have an anti-virus program I can't stress enough, get one. This
is a very dangerous virus that *may* have the ability to run itself if you do only as much as view an infected
email. If you have anti-virus software, you need the updates to its virus definition file dated 10/2/2002 or you are
*not* protected. Note: This virus *also* has the ability to disable anti-virus software - if you haven't updated - and
firwall programs like ZoneAlarm.
There is a removal tool available HERE
4/23/2002:
The latest new virus is a nasty thing called the Klez.H worm. This one changes your return
email address, so if you have it, and are mailing it around to all your friends, neither you nor they
will know it is on your machine. Norton 2002 is the only virus scanner that I know for certain will
prevent infected *outbound* mail. But the virus will not allow you to install an antivirus program, if
you are already infected.Please click here for more information.
Klez.e, Klez.g, Klez.H worms. They're all similar, and if you have them there is no way other then an
antivirus program to know for sure. If you find you can't install antivirus software, because of the effects
of this worm, a removal tool is available here.
01/29/2002:
As stated, this one is brand new. If you get email with the message:
Hello!
My party... It was absolutely amazing!
I have attached my web page with new photos!
If you can please make color prints of my photos. Thanks!
and an attached file called www.myparty.yahoo.com *DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT* Files infected with this
virus are destroyed - you will have to delete them. There is no repair. Additionally, the virus code
contains a "Trojan Horse" - backdoor code that allows the hacker to access your computer.
For details on this virus, see the links on the right,
click here
for an article by Yahoo, or here for
Norton's information.
01/03/2002:
Over the New Year's holiday, reports of the "Zacker" virus started coming in. Most antivirus sites list
this one as 'Maldal' and there are several variants of it already. This little darling seeks out files on
your hard drive that have certain specific extensions. This can allow it to remove critical system files from your
machine. It also tries to delete any antivirus software you might have installed. It alters registry files so that
your computer will attempt to run the virus anytime you reboot. And, last but not least, it cripples your keyboard - so
you can't actually type anything while it's running. Get more information
here.
11/28/2001:
Since the weekend of Nov. 24th, there has been a new virus making the rounds. It's known as the
W32.Badtrans.B@mm virus.
As of this morning, I have received at least 10 email attachments from Merge customers infected with it. This virus
seems to do a couple things that make it difficult for you to discover that you are sending out mail that you don't
know about. One of these is to alter your email address by an underscore to the begining of it. That breaks the return
address in your mail sufficiently that an automatic reply to you would not be delivered to you.
The more dangerous thing that this particular virus does is to scan any open window on your screen, and capture any
usernames or passwords you may enter. It then has the ability to email a log of your usernames and password to an
unknown address.
This is worth stating again. This virus WILL capture your usernames and passwords and email them to people that you
would rather not give them to. That means that someone other then you can have access to any site that you have to
use a username and password to access. Like your banking or investment web sites, your internet account, etc.
If you haven't got a virus scanner installed, today is the day to go and get one. If you have, you need to update your
virus definitions NOW. This virus is less then a week old, if you only update on the usual 14 day schedule, odds are that
you are NOT protected.
Instructions from the Symantec Web site for removing the effects of the HAPPY99.EXE worm virus from your computer.
Symantec's instructions for cleaning up after the Pretty Park worm.
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