Do you know the name of the virus?  My anti-virus stuff caught it, but I
like to have details for how to get rid of it and stuff ready to go.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jane Lyle" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: [LSTOWN-L] Virus notices (Fw: Message ("Your message dated Tue,
19 Aug 2003 15:14:26...")


> On Tue, 19 Aug 2003, Barbara Passmore wrote:
>
> > I not only have received messages from cisco.com that they have stripped
a
> > virus, application.pif, from "my" message, but also just got this from
> > ListservATListserv at University of Maryland:
>
> There is a new virus--or a new variation on an old virus--making the
> rounds, and it's hitting everyone hard. I've gotten at least a hundred
> messages with infected attachments today, and my name and address have
> been spoofed in the "from" line of others that I'm being notified about.
> Common subject lines are "Your application," "Thank you," and "Your
> details"; the message is "Please see the attached file for details."
>
> If your name is in anyone's address book, or within a message saved on
> anyone's hard drive, and that person's computer is infected, messages will
> be coming to you and appearing to be going out from you with the infected
> attachment along for the ride. Unfortunately, there isn't anything you can
> do about it, even though it's embarrassing to know that others think
> you're spreading the virus when your own computer is not infected. But
> believe me, you are not alone; our IT guy says he's gotten 20 such
> messages in the last hour, and I've gotten at least 5 in the last couple
> of minutes. There will be a lot of people going home from work today to
> discover that their inboxes are overflowing with these messages!
>
> Jane
>
>