Beware of unexpected attachments to emails, even
if they are from your friends, especially
those with .exe .scr .vbs
Some viruses, like the notorious “Melissa” virus, have a
built-in email program that will use your Outlook address book and forward
itself to everyone in your book, without the hapless victim even being
aware that they are spreading the virus. By using it’s own email, the virus
will *not* place a copy in your “sent” folder.
Also, watch for foolers like SHEEP.TXT.exe
If you don’t look closely you won’t see that it is really an .exe
[ EXEcutable ] file, *not* a .txt [ TeXT ] file &
may have a wolf hiding
inside!! The latest is AnnaKournikova.jpg.vbs
which looks like a harmless .jpg [ picture ] file but is really a
.vbs
[ Visual Basic Script ] which has a worm virus. Such a
multiple-extension is a dead giveaway that the attached file is malicious!!
You should never, never, never forward any email containing any virus
warning unless you first confirm it at an actual site of
an actual company that actually deals with viruses.
GoTo: Virus Hoaxes
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If you receive an email with this subject line:
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - The REAL story!
with an attachment . . .
DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT! It is a virus!
The virus is called w32_hybris and it uses Outlook or Outlook Express
mail programs to send a copies of itself around the internet from the email
address of hahaha@sexyfun.net and contains an attachment about
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs under various names!
Here’s the straight dope on it . . .
www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.hybris.gen.html
note: A simple, short description of the virus, a
*lack* of “send this to everyone you know,” and a link to a *reputable * authority* where
you can check, verify the facts & get more info.
Sex Sells, even viruses!
With literally *hundreds* of new viruses coming out each month, even the best anti-virus
software is useless if your files are not kept
up-to-date with the latest virus definitions.
For example, Norton’s anti-virus now has definitions for
over *fifty thousand* viruses!
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