[NTLUG:Discuss] New Virus?

Alton R. Pouncey, II alton at trainers-r-us.com
Tue May 20 22:26:43 CDT 2003


On Tue, 2003-05-20 at 21:02, Greg Edwards wrote:
> Is there some new virus out there that sends an attachment using 
> support at microsoft.com as the from address?
> 

Yes, there is.  See
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=46993520 for some information.  I'm sure CERT and all the usual places have information on it as well.

> I got an e-mail today that says "All information is in the attached 
> file." and nothing else.  The file is called "your_details.pif".
> 
> Boy I'm glad none of my users are running any M$ mail clients.  I'd hate 
> to have to keep up with all the toys the script kiddies keep coming up with.

Alton Pouncey




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