My virus scanner has just come up with this…
Sender of the infected attachment: xxxxx@safa.co.kr
Subject of the message: [ntfsd] STATUS_REPARSE on relative CREATE
One or more attachments were quarantined.
Attachment Navidad.exe was Quarantined for the following reasons:
Virus W32.Navidad was found.
so I suggest none of you run “Max”'s attachment
Get your free email from AltaVista at http://altavista.iname.com
Well, my scanner complains alos
here is quote from our’s sys admin letter
"We Wish You A Merry Virus
Though it has yet to reach the US with any force, the latest in the
computer worm saga is already munching its way through PCs across the
globe. Called the “Navidad” worm (“Christmas” in Spanish), this email-born
grinch has been given a “Medium Alert” status from Sunnyvale-based
anti-virus developer McAfee.com, which is working to prevent Christmas
from being spread.
Researchers from McAfee say they have been receiving reports of high
levels of infections of the Navidad worm in the United Kingdom, South
America and Latin America. Officially titled “W32/Navidad@m”, the worm is
distributed by a response email with a “NAVIDAD.EXE” attachment. According
to McAfee, once the attachment is executed an icon of a blue eye appears
in the system tray in the lower right corner of the screen.
When the cursor is placed over the eye, the text, “Lo estamos mirando…”
is displayed. (“We are watching it”). If clicked, the eye renders a button
reading “Nunca presionar este boton” (“Never press this button”). Finally,
and in an ironic twist of Christmas spirit, if a user disregards the
warning and presses the button the text: “Feliz Navidad. Lamentablemente
cayo en la tentacion y perdio su computadora” fills the screen (“Merry
Christmas, unfortunately you’ve given in to temptation and lose your
computer”).
Once in the user’s system, every email received will be “responded” to
automatically, continuing to propagate the worm on other computers. The
method is similar to that of the infamous ILOVEYOU worm, which found its
way into some of the highest echelons of government last year, affecting
computers on Capitol Hill and at the Central Intelligence Agency.
McAfee has posted an update on its site the company promises “will protect
users from Christmas.”
Now can they do anything about Thanksgiving?
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 11:00 AM
To: File Systems Developers
Subject: [ntfsd] ***URGENT VIRUS ON MAIL ***My virus scanner has just come up with this…
Sender of the infected attachment: xxxxx@safa.co.kr
Subject of the message: [ntfsd] STATUS_REPARSE on relative CREATE
One or more attachments were quarantined.
Attachment Navidad.exe was Quarantined for the following reasons:
Virus W32.Navidad was found.so I suggest none of you run “Max”'s attachment
Get your free email from AltaVista at http://altavista.iname.com
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