Sorry. Disregard. Ment to forward to a friend as info.
"Mellowed" <Mel@noaddress.com> wrote in message news:...
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: FYI, New Virus going around.
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: "Boomer" <Boomer__Baby_@mailinator.com> wrote in message
: news:Xns93FB6BE772D8E24680@209.98.50.131...
: : pat said:
: :
: : > today sept 19, I got 40 email and every one had a virus in it.
: : > the sender was from MS corporation Program, micsolft security
: : > upgrade,newest micosoft pack and so on ,even some undeliverable
: : > mail manager when I haven;t sent any email . I just wanted to
: : > know if any body has had this problem . and what can I do about
: : > it thanks in advance pat
: :
: : W32.Swen.A@mm or W32/Gibe-F, or Worm Swen.A
: :
: : See how to create a message rule in OE *.
: :
: : Further information at:
: : http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112552,00.asp
: : http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp
: : http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/32327.html
: : http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/32410.html
: :
: : http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ven...swen.a@mm.html
: :
: : "W32.Swen.A@mm is a mass-mailing worm that attempts to spread through
: : file-sharing networks, such as KaZaA and IRC, and attempts to kill
: : antivirus and personal firewall programs running on a computer.
: :
: : The worm arrives as an email attachment. The subject, body, and From:
: : address of the email may vary. Some examples claim to be patches for
: : Microsoft Internet Explorer, or delivery failure notices from qmail."
: :
: : "The worm can also impersonate mail delivery failure notices..."
: :
: : "The worm spreads through email, KaZaA, IRC, Network Shares, and
: : newsgroups."
: :
: : Delete the e-mail. Make sure your AV is up to date. Pass along this
: : information to those who may benefit from it.
: :
: : AVG
: : http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_vir_tt.php#1
: : Computer Associates:
: : http://www3.ca.com/virusinfo/virus.aspx?ID=36939
: : F-Secure
: : http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/swen.shtml
: : Network Associates:
: : http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100662.htm
: : Trend Micro:
: : http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/viru...sp?VName=WORM_
: : SWEN.A
: :
: : And at this newsgroup: alt.comp.anti-virus
: :
: : Make sure your preview pane is off.
: : For Hotmail, set your application to only download headers.
: :
: :
: : Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me,
: : Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
: :
: : Systems Not Affected: DOS, Linux, Macintosh, Microsoft IIS, OS/2,
: : UNIX, Windows 3.x
: :
: : *Borrowed from George (Bindar Dundat ©)
: : Posted at: microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
: : Message-ID: <news:vmlsspr64uuc35@corp.supernews.com>
: :
: : <Quote>
: : One protection method is to create a message rule in Outlook Express
: : as follows;
: : Go to Tools>Message Rules>Mail>New
: : In the top box) Check "Where the From Line Contains People" and
: : "Where the
: : Message has an Attachment"
: : In the center box) Check "Mark as Read" and "Delete it" and "Stop
: : Processing
: : More Rules"
: : In the bottom box) Click on "Contains People" (in blue) and add
: : "microsoft.com"
: : (no quotes).
: : Do not use "Delete from server" since OE has no way of knowing if
: : there is
: : an
: : attachment until it arrives in your inbox.
: : If you use any other rules which sort mail into different folders or
: : otherwise
: : move the mail from the Inbox, then it is imperative that the above
: : rule be
: : moved
: : to the top of the rules list.
: : </Quote>
: :
: : You might consider a new e-mail client such as Mozilla Thunderbird.
: : http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/
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