I think that I have received this message enough, 3 times, in less than an hour. Please stop!
Loren Charnley, Jr. Tech Support Administrator Family Dollar Stores, Inc. Phone: (704) 847-6961 Ext. 2000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Coffin [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 2:58 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: A Very Serious Virus Alert > Importance: High > > Hi Folks, > > I wanted to give you a heads-up that there is a virus currently > spreading like wildfire on the internet. It is the W32/Lovsan.worm > (a.k.a. "msblast.exe") worm. You can find information and additional > links about it here: > > <http://insight.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,39020463,39115651,00.htm> > http://insight.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,39020463,39115651,00.htm > > and if you do not have an antivirus program on your home machines that > detects it, you can get a free one here: > > <http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/> http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/ > > (Note: I have downloaded and used Stinger and it appears to be safe and > it does detect and remove Lovsan.worm, as well as several others). > > This effects ALL Windows platforms except 95/98 that connect to the > Internet and do not use a firewall that blocks port 135 (Remote > Procedure Call). > > Here's why this virus is so serious. Most viruses spread through email > and users that click on objects thinking they are pictures or URL's to > benign websites, when in fact they launch and execute a program on their > machine that installs the virus. This one is different, it comes to you > courtesty of the good people in Redmond, Washington via a nice big > security hole in the Windows operating system itself that allows ANY > other computer to execute commands on YOUR computer (i.e. Remote > Procedure!). So you can be sitting there, connected to the Internet, > doing nothing whatsoever and all of a sudden you are infected! > > You can tell if the virus is on your computer by hitting Ctrl-Alt-Delete > and getting a Task List. Look for a program named "msblast.exe" - if it > is running on your computer you are infected. Fortunately, cleaning up > seems to be relatively easy - the FIRST thing you want to do is STOP > msblast.exe (hit the "End Process" button in Task Manager) and erase the > file. The second thing is to remove a key which it stored in the > Windows Registry to automatically restart itself every time you reboot. > If you find you have the virus I'll be happy to give you more details if > you need them, but click on the links above and they should point you in > the right direction. > > And finally, you need to download the latest security patches from the > good people at Micro$osft! The patches are less than 30 days old, so > even if you have updated your computer recently, make sure you have the > latest patches! > > I've never seen such an effective virus - fortunately it's not all that > destructive. It's long-term intent is to actually have millions of > computers around the world start a giant DOS (Denial Of Service) attack > on the guys who started this whole mess - Micro$oft! That is scheduled > to occur on 8/16/2003. If it is successful you'll have great difficulty > downloading the patches, so do it now. > > Naturally, this only effects Windows "operating systems"! Linux and MAC > are not effected. > > -Mike > << File: Notebook.jpg >>
