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Icy
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20th May 03 at 13:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
saw this on another board
got 2emails from em las week!



A new computer worm that disguises itself as an e-mail from Microsoft Corp. is spreading, computer security firms warned on Monday.

The e-mail containing the worm, dubbed Palyh or Mankx, appears to come from support@microsoft.com, but is not from the software company.

When the attachment is opened, the worm copies itself to the Windows folder, scoops up e-mail addresses from the hard disk and starts sending itself out, said U.K-based Sophos.

The malicious program can spread itself to other Windows machines on a local area network, anti-virus vendors said.

It also can secretly install spyware programs, according to Moscow-based Kaspersky Labs in a news release.

However, Christ Belthoff, a senior product manager at Sophos, said his firm has found no evidence that it installs spyware, or a program that eavesdrops on computer users.

"This is not a widespread outbreak," he added.

The worm is programmed to expire automatically on May 30, according to Symantec Corp.

It began spreading on Saturday and has apparently infected computers in 69 countries, according to MessageLabs.

A Microsoft spokesman said the company never sends out unsolicited mass e-mails with attachments.
Pablo
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20th May 03 at 13:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
We got this 2-3 days ago! Our systems caught it so good old anti-virus!!

[Edited on 20-05-2003 by B4RVO]
Icy
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20th May 03 at 13:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
shud make this a sticky eh
Pablo
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20th May 03 at 14:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I would mate yeah!
l33t corsa
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20th May 03 at 14:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I've been getting these for months.. they stay in a special 'forward to people I don't like' folder
someone
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20th May 03 at 14:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i was getting like 2 of those a day a few weeks ago. few emails later and it all stopped
jay@ffwd
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20th May 03 at 14:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeah i had it sent to me...

 
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