Virus Alert !!!

From: Jim Strickland <jim_at_calico.litterbox.com>
Date: Tue Mar 6 19:26:27 2001

Yup, this one's real. Symantec classifies it as hitting between 50 and
999 machines on 3-9 sites, with medium geographical distribution and
moderate threat containment. High damage. - it eats several system
files
and makes the system unusable, requiring a reboot. Apparently Norton
Antivirus will deal with it if you catch it before
you execute the .exe file.

><sigh> another reason not to use Micros~1 products for email...
>
>In a message dated 3/6/01 7:33:09 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>rigdonj_at_intellistar.net writes:
>
><< >
> >The following came to us at work, and I wanted to pass on the info:
> >
> >STRICOM has received official notification of a new virus in the wild

>called
> >the Naked Wife Virus.
> >
> >This virus is sent by email message with the subject of the "Naked
Wife"
> or
> >"FW: Naked Wife" with text of "My wife never looked like that! ;)
".
> >There is an infected attachment named "nakedwife.exe". When opened,
 this
> >virus resends itself to other recipients in address book. This
virus also
> >affects all .dll, .exe, .com, and .bitmaps files. Do not open
this
> email
> >or the attachment if received.
> >
> >Information has not yet been received as to whether Norton or McAfee
will
> >detect and clean this virus.
> >
> >Microsoft Outlook email systems are the primary target of this virus
and we
> >do not believe Lotus Notes is affected >>
>
>
>--
>DB Young Team OS/2
>
>old computers, hot rod pinto and more at:
>www.nothingtodo.org
>
Received on Tue Mar 06 2001 - 19:26:27 GMT