Dear All,
My apologies for broadcasting like this, but I was hit by this new virus
last night (Tuesday August 12), and I thought you might like to be
informed. It’s particularly dangerous, because it spreads proactively
through a security hole in Windows, as opposed to being a typical email
virus. Note, although everything I’ve read says you will be protected by
using XP’s built-in Internet Connection Firewall, I AM running it and
the worm still somehow found a way in. The best way to be sure is to
download and install Microsoft’s fix as soon as possible (fix released
by Microsoft July 16, 2003):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp
If you see this message and your machine reboots unexpectedly, you have
already been infected:
“This system is being shut down in 60 seconds by NT Authority/System due
to an interrupted Remote Procedure Call (RPC)”
For removal instructions and other information, see:
http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=lovsan
Chuck