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Originally Posted by Proppinupthebar
Same with Norton. Two updates on consecutive days. I've seen warnings about a new virus on aforum I use with lots of US users.
US warnings of W32.Netsky.B@mm
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could they be the same thing? - this is what McAfee had to say
W32/Bagle.b@MM is a Medium Risk mass-mailing worm with a
potentially dangerous remote access component that may open
a backdoor on an infected computer to hackers. Similar
to last month's outbreak, W32/Bagle.b@MM arrives as an
executable attachment inside an email. When run, the virus
emails itself to addresses it steals from the infected
computer, spoofing the "from: field" with one of the
harvested addresses.
If the date is Feb. 25, 2004 or later, the worm simply exits and
does not attempt to spread.
Caution: An infected email can come from addresses you recognize.
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What to look for:
From: address may be forged
Subject: ID (random string)... thanks
Attachment: Varies but contains a .exe extension
Body:
Yours ID (random string)
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Thank
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Note: The virus does not mass-mail itself to addresses that
contain:
- @hotmail.com
- @msn.com
- @microsoft
- @avp
Up-to-date McAfee VirusScan users with dat 4324 are protected
from this threat.