GALUMPKI-L Archives

Archiver > GALUMPKI > 2000-12 > 0976863807


From: Daniel Pierce <>
Subject: [GALUMPKI] Virus Warning
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 23:03:27 -0800


Hello,

I am the list administrator and want to warn all of you about a new
virus/worm. The reason that I am mentioning this on the list is because
there was an attempt to send the virus to the list. It was rejected and
not distributed on the list, but rather redirected to me. However, some
subscriber on the list may be infected by this virus and therefore some
of you may receive the virus through direct correspondence with this
person. However, the message is not sent with the address of the
infected user as the sender, and this user is unaware that it is being
redistributed from their computer.

The virus is distributed in an email with the following header:

From:
Subject: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

It will include an attachment with one of the following names:

anpo porn(.scr
atchim.exe
branca de neve.scr
dunga.scr
dwarf4you.exe
enano porno.exe
joke.exe
midgets.scr
sexy virgin.scr


DO NOT open (or click on) the attachment. Immediately delete the
message and then empty your trash folder.

For more information on this virus, see the Symantec web site at:

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w95.hybris.gen.html


Also, you can get info about it at this site:

http://www.sexyfun.net/

The above link is safe to visit. The domain sexyfun.net was a phony
domain name used as the sender in the message. A user concerned about
this particular virus created a real domain with this name in order to
distribute info about the virus and how to remove it. The hope was that
people trying to track where it came from would end up at this site,
like I did.

Dan Pierce
Lumpkin Co. Administrator

This thread: