LL-L "Virus alert" 2004.01.27 (04) [E]

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From: R. F. Hahn <lowlands-l at lowlands-l.net>
Subject: Virus alert

Folks,

There is another nasty computer virus afoot.  Please take precautions.
Below are excerpts from a McAfee message.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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This is a mass-mailing worm that arrives in an email message as follows:

Subject: (Random)
Body:  (Varies, such as)

The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII encoding and has been sent
as a binary attachment.
Attachment: (varies - often arrives in a ZIP archive) (22,528 bytes)

The icon used by the file tries to make it appear as if the attachment is a
text file

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DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT.  Our current virus scan will NOT detect or
prevent the spread of this virus.

Indications of infection include:

1. Upon executing the virus, Notepad is opened, filled with nonsense
characters.
2. Existence of the following files:

 c:\Program Files\KaZaA\My Shared Folder\activation_crack.scr
 c:\WINDOWS\Desktop\Document.scr
 c:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\taskmon.exe

It also uses a DLL that it creates in the Windows System directory:

 c:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\shimgapi.dll (4,096 bytes)

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For more information, please visit McAfee's Virus Information Library at:
http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=description&virus_k=100983



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