* subscribe at http://techPolice.com >From: "RBL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >FIRST PEER-TO-PEER VIRUS HITS > >Posted at February 27, 2001 03:59 PM Pacific > >FILE-SWAPPING ON THE Internet hit a sour note Tuesday >with the appearance of a virus that attacks users of >the Gnutella file-sharing service, and several >anti-virus vendors say it is the first virus to affect >peer-to-peer communications. > >Named W32/Gnuman.worm, or by the alias Mandragore, the >malicious file poses as an ordinary, requested media >file. This masked file, however, is actually an .exe >file that infects a user's computer once the program >is run, according to statements from a variety of >anti-virus software vendors. > > >For the full story: >http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/02/27/010227hnp2pvirus.xml?0228w >eam ============================================================ MyFree.com: The best selection of topics on the net...AND IT'S ALL FREE!! From Bargains to Cooking to Crafting To Free Stuff. Don't miss a thing, visit today & enter to win $100,000. http://click.topica.com/aaabtIb1dhr0b1uN1Ic/MyFree ============================================================ --via http://techPolice.com archive: http://theMezz.com/cybercrime/archive unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] url: http://theMezz.com/alerts ____________________________________________________________ T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01
