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Wed 16/05/01 at 13:21
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Just seen this, thought i'd share it with you:

What has happened?

A Virus Warning has been released from the Symantec AntiVirus Research Center (SARC).
The virus name is VBS.VBSWG2.X@mm.
It is an encrypted VBScript worm which uses a known exploit to send itself to all recipients in an infected user's Microsoft Outlook address book.
The worm has a payload that opens a Web site which contains pornographic contents.

How will this affect me?

If you are running NAV Corporate Edition, you should already be protected against this virus.
If you are not running NAV Corporate Edition, (i.e., you are using the retail version of the product, NAV 2000/2001), update your virus definitions IMMEDIATELY!
You should not be in danger from this virus unless you open an infected attachment.
Simply reading/previewing an email with the virus attached will not allow the virus to execute and infect your system.
If you believe that you have this virus, IMMEDIATELY disconnect your computer from the production network and call the IT HelpDesk.



Wed 16/05/01 at 13:21
Regular
Posts: 14,117
Just seen this, thought i'd share it with you:

What has happened?

A Virus Warning has been released from the Symantec AntiVirus Research Center (SARC).
The virus name is VBS.VBSWG2.X@mm.
It is an encrypted VBScript worm which uses a known exploit to send itself to all recipients in an infected user's Microsoft Outlook address book.
The worm has a payload that opens a Web site which contains pornographic contents.

How will this affect me?

If you are running NAV Corporate Edition, you should already be protected against this virus.
If you are not running NAV Corporate Edition, (i.e., you are using the retail version of the product, NAV 2000/2001), update your virus definitions IMMEDIATELY!
You should not be in danger from this virus unless you open an infected attachment.
Simply reading/previewing an email with the virus attached will not allow the virus to execute and infect your system.
If you believe that you have this virus, IMMEDIATELY disconnect your computer from the production network and call the IT HelpDesk.



Wed 16/05/01 at 13:31
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Posts: 6,492
Thanx for that, but be wary of Symantec virus warnings, im sure the one that you have is actually a virus itself, they phoned me urgently the other day saying that thier system had sent a virus out to users claiming to be the latest virus update to cover you for some major catastrophe.
Wed 16/05/01 at 13:33
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I read it on www.insight.com, it seems genuine enough.....
Wed 16/05/01 at 13:38
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I'd better get updating then
Wed 16/05/01 at 13:41
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Checked my Virus definition list, and it's already there, Live!update is ace.
Wed 16/05/01 at 13:57
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has anyone get a 7 dwarfs e-mail with an attachment called Joke.exe? it flippin messed up my computer. Somthing to do with winsock or somthin.
Wed 16/05/01 at 14:04
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My mates got it, its the snow white virus, its a mailbomb, nortons should be able to get rid of it, or the latest version of innoculate (this is a free virus checker from computer associates, you can download it for free, i don't know where from though, just use yahoo to search for it or something.
Wed 16/05/01 at 15:54
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What type of virus is it is it a e-mail virus or a network virus.
Wed 16/05/01 at 15:54
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The one i'm warning you about is an email virus.

It doesn't infect if you open the email it's attached to, only if you run the actual progran itself.
Wed 16/05/01 at 15:55
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don't you just love Macintosh....

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