GAS-L: Virus Alert

["Graeme Williams" <graeme@powerlink.co.nz>]

Hi Everyone,
Because of our extensive email list we have decided to quickly email you to
warn of a new virus running rampant as of yesterday.
Be careful and dont open any files or attatchments that come to you via
email unless you ar every sure of the sender. We have already had it sent to
us more than 60 times during yesterday and this morning.
The virus arrives via email attatchments and then sends itself out to
everyone on your email list. It also sets up a file to copy your keystrokes.
I just copied this from Nortons site to assist you.
 The first extension that is appended to the file name is one of the
following:  .DOC  .MP3  .ZIP
The second extension that is appended to the file name is one of the
following:  .pif  .scr
 The resulting file name would look something like this:
CARD.DOC.PIF or NEWS_DOC.MP3.SCR   etc.
 When executed, this worm copies itself as kernel32.exe in the
"\windows\system" directory. It then adds the  following registry value:


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\Kernel3
2=kernel32.exe.

The best prevention is not to open any files with the extension of .pif or
.src
if you get an email with one of these files attatched then dont open it,
just delete it.

Hope this saves you from getting the virus.
Cheer

Doug Williams
Fluidyne Gasification.







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