WILD Level Worm/Virus Warning... GET your Anti-VirusesSoftwareUpdated NOW!

[marc_scirocco at sympatico.ca (Marc_Scirocco_Québec)]

Common sense is good to have as well.

Anybody running windoze OS who opens attachment, especially those mentionned
below is just asking for trouble.

Short of .jpg .mp3 and misc movies clip, I delete anything comming in my
mailbox with an attachment.

Cheers.

Marc

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]De la part de Patrick Bureau
> Envoy? : mardi 27 janvier 2004 07:19
> ? : 'Scirocco List'
> Cc : TST@yahoogroups.com
> Objet : WILD Level Worm/Virus Warning... GET your Anti-Viruses
> SoftwareUpdated NOW!
>
>
> >From Symantec web site
> <http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.novar
> g.a@mm.htm
> l>
>
> W32.Novarg.A@mm is a mass-mailing worm. The worm will arrive as an
> attachment with a file extension of .bat, .cmd, .exe, .pif, .scr,
> or .zip.
>
> When the machine gets infected, the worm will set up a backdoor into the
> system by opening TCP ports 3127 thru 3198. This will potentially allow a
> hacker to connect to the machine and utilize it as a proxy to
> gain access to
> it's network resources. In addition, the backdoor has the ability to
> download and execute arbitrary files.
>
> The worm will perform a DoS starting on February 1, 2004. On February 12,
> 2004 the worm has a trigger date to stop spreading.
>
> Also Known As:  W32/Mydoom@MM [McAfee], WORM_MIMAIL.R [Trend]
>
> Type:  Worm
> Infection Length:  22,528 bytes
>
> Systems Affected:  Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98,
>                    Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003,
>                    Windows XP
> Systems Not Affected:  DOS, Linux, Macintosh, OS/2, UNIX, Windows 3.x
>
> ===
>
> I have personally received and deleted 18 email of the type this morning,
> thank god my Norton checks for updates everyday.
>
> ATS - Patrick Bureau -  85 2L, 102.5 whp, 121 ft/lbs torque
> Email : ats@longcoeur.com - Web site : http://ats.longcoeur.com
> AIM: texasscirocco - Yahoo: atsgtx - ICQ: 32918816 - MSN:
> atsgtx@hotmail.com
> 1975, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81S, 82 and 86 coming soon!
>
>
>
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> ---
> Incoming mail is certified Virus Free.
> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
> Version: 6.0.566 / Virus Database: 357 - Release Date: 22/01/2004
>
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Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.566 / Virus Database: 357 - Release Date: 22/01/2004