Virus alert \"[email protected]\"
Thread poster: Sylvain Leray
Sylvain Leray
Sylvain Leray  Identity Verified
Local time: 09:26
Member (2003)
German to French
May 21, 2003

Hello,

I just received a mail from \"[email protected]\" subject \"Re:Approved (Ref. 3394-65467)\", with an attached file \"screen_temp.pif\". Norton Antivirus did\'nt \"say\" anything, but I made the update for virus definitions and it then \"told\" me it is a virus.



Have a nice day!

Sylvain


 
Matthew Coulson
Matthew Coulson  Identity Verified
Albanian to English
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More info about this mass-mailing worm May 21, 2003

Thank you Sylvain. For more information, see http://www.internetwk.com/breakingNews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=10000265



Matt





 
Marina Zinno
Marina Zinno  Identity Verified
Local time: 09:26
French to Italian
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for sure! May 21, 2003

here is what my company says about it:



Users may have received unexpected e-mails from [email protected] with various subjects and attachments. This e-mail belongs to an e-mail worm called W32.HLLW.Mankxmm. The W32.HLLW.Mankx@mm worm, also known as W32.Sobig.B@mm and W32/PalyhMM was accessed to medium risk by t
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here is what my company says about it:



Users may have received unexpected e-mails from [email protected] with various subjects and attachments. This e-mail belongs to an e-mail worm called W32.HLLW.Mankxmm. The W32.HLLW.Mankx@mm worm, also known as W32.Sobig.B@mm and W32/PalyhMM was accessed to medium risk by the major anti virus companies.
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Henrique Magalhaes
Henrique Magalhaes  Identity Verified
Local time: 08:26
English to Portuguese
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Thanks a lot for warning the community. May 21, 2003



2003-05-21 14:21 sylvainl wrote:



Hello,

I just received a mail from \"[email protected]\" subject \"Re:Approved (Ref. 3394-65467)\", with an attached file \"screen_temp.pif\". Norton Antivirus did\'nt \"say\" anything, but I made the update for virus definitions and it then \"told\" me it is a virus.



Have a nice day!

Sylvain



 
Dinorah Maria Tijerino-Acosta
Dinorah Maria Tijerino-Acosta
Local time: 03:26
English to Spanish
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Virus May 21, 2003

I also received a similar warning as Marina did from my internet provider. So guys be aware!



Saludos,



Dinorah


 
Ivan Eikås Skjøstad
Ivan Eikås Skjøstad  Identity Verified
Norway
Local time: 09:26
Member (2002)
English to Norwegian
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Removal May 23, 2003

If you think that your system can be infected:



F-Secure has created a special removal tool to remove the active Palyh infection and all its traces. The tool is available from



ftp://ftp.f-secure.com/anti-virus/tools/f-sobig.zip



I recommend the use of for instance Mailwasher/Mailwasher Pro to read mail at server level before choosing whic
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If you think that your system can be infected:



F-Secure has created a special removal tool to remove the active Palyh infection and all its traces. The tool is available from



ftp://ftp.f-secure.com/anti-virus/tools/f-sobig.zip



I recommend the use of for instance Mailwasher/Mailwasher Pro to read mail at server level before choosing which ones to download. Mailwasher is free, and can be found here: http://www.mailwasher.net/

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davidgreen
davidgreen
German to English
virus alert Nov 7, 2003

this is an old topic but today I received an email from "[email protected]" and the subject was "jobs at proz.com". The attachment ended in mp3.scr and was a virus.

 
Ralf Lemster
Ralf Lemster  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 09:26
English to German
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Usual MO Nov 7, 2003

Hi David,
David Green wrote:

this is an old topic but today I received an email from "[email protected]" and the subject was "jobs at proz.com". The attachment ended in mp3.scr and was a virus.

Most recent e-mail worms use random combinations of sender, recipient and reference line.

Best regards, Ralf


 


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