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Virus Warning It maybe in your email!

#1 {lang:macro__useroffline}   Kowboy {lang:icon}

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Posted 04 August 2003 - 05:37 PM

Yikes! watchout!


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If You Get This E-Mail, Delete It ASAP
If you get this e-mail, do not click on or download the attachment. Delete the e-mail immediately. This is what it looks like:
Subject: your account
Text:
Hello there,
I would like to inform you about important information regarding your email address. This email address will be expiring. Please read attachment for details.
Best regards, Administrator
Attachment: message.zip



The attachment is a worm that evades antivirus software and takes advantage of a flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, reports CNN. It's officially called "worm/MiMail.A" or "W32.Mimail.A@mm." The worm began spreading late Friday afternoon. Since it arrived as a zip file, it snuck through many e-mail scanning programs most companies have in place to block the entry of potentially dangerous programs that are disguised as e-mails.



If you click on the attachment, the worm will launch and then create a mass-mailing of itself. CNN reports that it's not yet known what "malicious payload" the worm contains. The immediate threat is that it will cost companies money and time as their computer systems are significantly slowed by it.





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#2 {lang:macro__useroffline}   Spikeout {lang:icon}

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Posted 04 August 2003 - 06:41 PM

good thing i dont check my email phew



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#3 {lang:macro__useroffline}   Ryl {lang:icon}

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Posted 04 August 2003 - 08:36 PM

These are coming out everyday, nothing new really.......
Just nvr open exe and zip files in your email.
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