Dear Matt, http://vil.nai.com/vil/virusSummary.asp?virus_k=99291
Rob Garrish Exchange Administrator Wawa Inc. 610-558-8371 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Matt Hoffman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 02:33 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: New Virus ShakerWorld variant? I can find no listings for this at Nai, nor can I find any listings in a Google or Overture search. A hoax possibly? Matt -----Original Message----- From: Ben Schorr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 2:31 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: New Virus ShakerWorld variant? What about the "shake.exe" file indicated in the message? Aloha, -Ben- Ben M. Schorr, MVP-Outlook, CNA, MCPx3 Director of Information Services Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert http://www.hawaiilawyer.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Pfefferkorn, Pete (PFEFFEPE) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 9:19 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: New Virus ShakerWorld variant? > > > I just got a message from OAR.NET referring to a virus alert. > Still trying to find out more about it, but I thought I > would post this just in case. Trying to find out more on this > one to see if there is an attachment I can block. > > > From: Jodi Santini [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 1:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Virus Alert - W32/ShakerWorld > > > Posted on notice.oar.net 1/4/02: > > Virus Alert: > > There is a variation of the W32/ShakerWorld virus making its > way around the Internet. We are have not found information > on this virus at Symantec or CERT yet, but this what we have > learned thus far from our internal security folks which you > will want to watch out for on your networks: > > o Random 8 char. file in the System directory > o Shake.exe in email (MassMailer) > o NetBIOS connections spreading virus to servers > o Registry entry 'sysinfo' under the run statement. Note that we are > seeing variants in the name of the key sysinfo<random chars> > > People who have been hit have gotten this virus thorugh > email. This virus can install a key in the registry of the > infected systems. > > This is the information we have received at this time. > > Thank You, > > Jodi > > > > Pete Pfefferkorn > Senior Systems Engineer/Mail Administrator > University of Cincinnati > 51 Goodman Street > Cincinnati, OH 45221 > Phone - (513) 556-9076 > Fax - (513) 556-2042 > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]