Dirty Trick

The Virus writers have stooped to a new low. I just received an email which appeared to come from Microsoft Corporation Security Center and it was a virus warning about "several well-know vulnerabilities" and attaching something which was supposedly a Knowledge Base article q216309, but in reality it was a file q216309.exe which was infected by the w32gibe.dam worm. Fortunately Norton caught it and protected my system.

Symantec
CERT
ZDNet
Computer Associates

Previous TCS Virus Alerts:

Critical Patch Available for Microsoft Java Virtual Machine
Microsoft Security Warnings and Patches
IE Security Update
Happy New Year Virus
Universal Plug and Play
WORM_GONE.A
BadTrans.B
Son of Nimda and Aliz
Septer.Trojan
Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vote Virus
Nimda
Multiple Virus Reports SirCam and Code Red
AOL Virus Hoax
SULFNBK Hoax
Homepage Virus
NakedWife worm deletes Windows files
Tennis Star - Anna virus alert
Navidad
Pikachu Virus
Two Threats
Net Zip Spy
LIFE_STAGES.TXT
New Love
I Love You
911 Virus Report
Denial of Service Attacks
NewApt
MiniZip

Tulsa Computer Society

Don Singleton, President
don@donsingleton.com