Krell
June 30th, 2003, 02:56 AM
This is an exerpt from
http://www.msnbc.com/news/931205.asp
SoBig spam-virus still spreading
Tempting e-mails trick recipients into aiding spammers
June 26 — It’s part-spam, part-virus and becoming a complete nuisance. The latest version of the “SoBig” virus continued to worm its way around the Internet on Thursday, infecting far more computers than any of its four predecessors. Recognizable by subject lines such as “Re: Movies” or “Re: application,” along with an attached Zip file, the malicious program can turn infected PCs into hijacked spam machines.
UPDATE YOUR ANTIVIRUS DEFINITIONS
TRICKY ZIP FILE
This new version of SoBig is successfully spreading because it was adjusted to outwit many corporate antivirus techniques. It spreads as a “.zip” file, a commonly used compression format. Many corporations that now block potentially infected attached files, such as .exe files or Word documents, still let Zip files through to e-mail recipients.
In the past, opening Zip files required a little extra work by the recipient, but Microsoft’s Windows XP comes with software which makes it easy — and in this case, makes the virus writers’ job a little easier as well.
SCAN YOUR ATTACHMENTS AND EMAILS
FAKE WINDOWS-UPDATE
In fact, the second of Wednesday’s malicious e-mails — known simply as “Downloader-BN” — is pure spam, just an e-mail without malicious code, said Craig Schmugar, a virus research engineer at Network Associates Inc.’s McAfee division. The author simply sent a spam urging recipients to visit a Web site and download a critical update for Windows. Perhaps hundreds of thousands of the notes went out, Schmugar said. Spam techniques are so efficient now, he said, that some viruses no longer have to worry about clever programming techniques to spread their worms.
DON'T BE A SUCKER
Everyone, dont get ahead of yourselves. Take the time to update your system, to run your FULL antivirus scans, to defrag your systems.
If you want a 2nd opinion, use this free, always up to date viruscan.
http://housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/start_corp.asp
.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/931205.asp
SoBig spam-virus still spreading
Tempting e-mails trick recipients into aiding spammers
June 26 — It’s part-spam, part-virus and becoming a complete nuisance. The latest version of the “SoBig” virus continued to worm its way around the Internet on Thursday, infecting far more computers than any of its four predecessors. Recognizable by subject lines such as “Re: Movies” or “Re: application,” along with an attached Zip file, the malicious program can turn infected PCs into hijacked spam machines.
UPDATE YOUR ANTIVIRUS DEFINITIONS
TRICKY ZIP FILE
This new version of SoBig is successfully spreading because it was adjusted to outwit many corporate antivirus techniques. It spreads as a “.zip” file, a commonly used compression format. Many corporations that now block potentially infected attached files, such as .exe files or Word documents, still let Zip files through to e-mail recipients.
In the past, opening Zip files required a little extra work by the recipient, but Microsoft’s Windows XP comes with software which makes it easy — and in this case, makes the virus writers’ job a little easier as well.
SCAN YOUR ATTACHMENTS AND EMAILS
FAKE WINDOWS-UPDATE
In fact, the second of Wednesday’s malicious e-mails — known simply as “Downloader-BN” — is pure spam, just an e-mail without malicious code, said Craig Schmugar, a virus research engineer at Network Associates Inc.’s McAfee division. The author simply sent a spam urging recipients to visit a Web site and download a critical update for Windows. Perhaps hundreds of thousands of the notes went out, Schmugar said. Spam techniques are so efficient now, he said, that some viruses no longer have to worry about clever programming techniques to spread their worms.
DON'T BE A SUCKER
Everyone, dont get ahead of yourselves. Take the time to update your system, to run your FULL antivirus scans, to defrag your systems.
If you want a 2nd opinion, use this free, always up to date viruscan.
http://housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/start_corp.asp
.