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From: "George W. Durman" <>
Subject: [CAPE-FEAR-SCOTS] Nasty New Virus "Netsky.D" (ALL Should Read)
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 12:18:41 -0500


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Have any of you been receiving the latest Netsky.D infection?
It's been hitting hard and heavy. I've seen quite a few posts on
other Mailing Lists about it and McAfee wasn't catching it.
Neither were AOL's AV software or any other server's software.
BUT..... my AVG Pro DID catch it! Hooray! (AVG Pro has
been updated 5 times in the past 32 hours!)


FOR YAHOO EMAIL USERS (and probably others):

Netsky.D is faking emails from Yahoo about users' accounts.
Here is what the fake email looks like:

**********************************************
Dear user of Yahoo.com,

Your e-mail account will be disabled because of improper using in
next three days, if you are still wishing to use it, please, resign
your account information.

For details see the attached file.

Attached file protected with the password for security reasons.

Password is
66482.

The Management,
The Yahoo.com team

http://www.yahoo.com

Attachment
TextDocument.zip
.zip file

Scan and Download Attachment
Scan and Save to my Yahoo! Briefcase
**********************************************

DO NOT OPEN THE SUPPOSED TEXTDOCUMENT.ZIP !!!!!
It is the Netsky.D virus!!!!! If you open it, you are infected
immediately.

Netsky.D will probably be sending itself purporting to be from
other email services. Do not click on the attachment! Do not
do ANYTHING with the email except delete it. If your Anti-
Virus program is working AND has been updated during the
past few hours, the AV program probably caught it. As of this
morning McAfee hadn't updated virus definitions for it. They
probably have by now.

Regards,
SgtGeorge


--
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG Anti-Virus (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 7.0.225 / Virus Database: 262.1.3 - Release Date: 3/3/04


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