Re: Computer Virus

[Toni Koontz <akoontz@CDEDUCATION.ORG>]

I, too, got an email that I thought was from our tech support. I was
curious as to why they would send it that way - and I thought maybe a
student was having fun so I sent it to our Tech coordinator who sent
back this:
 You can use McAfee's Stinger to clean this virus if you do not have an
up-to-date antivirus package:

 http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/



Toni Koontz
Librarian
St. Charles Preparatory School
Columbus OH
akoontz@cdeducation.org
Carpe Diem

-----Original Message-----
From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Wendy Carroll
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 3:30 PM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Computer Virus


I received two of those warnings this morning.  I have been unable to
access my email from my main library computer.  It doesn't appear to
have infected anything.  I thought it was from the school technology
committee, stupid me I downloaded the attachment.  I couldn't open it,
but like I said, I can't access my email from that computer.  BE
CAREFUL.

Wendy Carroll
Library Media Specialist
Ridgefield Park, NJ
Grant Elementary School (T&Th) K-6
Lincoln Elementary School (M-W-F) K-6
wcarroll@rpps.net

Date:    Wed, 3 Mar 2004 11:42:45 -0500
From:    Peter Milbury <pmilbury@IIS.SYR.EDU>
Subject: GEN: VIRUS WARNING

Dear LM_NET Colleagues,

I would like to warn you about a new type of e-mail virus (mass-mailing
worm) that I have been receiving. Fortunately my antivirus software has
cleaned all of the messages. It might be a version of this virus:
  http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.beagle.j@mm.html

The messages appear to come from an administrator of my e-mail provider,
but when the e-mail full header is examined, it is actually from a
different source.

It arrives with a very deceptive subject and text content. It also has
an attached file with virus. The subject is a variation on the
following:
 Subject:  E-mail account disabling warning. (fwd)
 Subject:  Notify about using the e-mail account.

Here is an example of one such bogus/infected message

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