Virus Warning
 

There's a very speedy virus going around this morning. The subject matter is "ILOVEYOU". If you receive any email with that subject, do not open it, immediately delete it, turn off your computer and wait for 5 minutes then reboot. We've had many cases of it here in Northern California as well as hearing about big problems in London, Hong Kong etc. Good luck!

Sorry for the spam... but here's more.. <BR> <BR>This is from symantec's website. So it is authentic. <BR> <BR>VBS.LoveLetter.A <BR>This is an email worm, mIRC worm, and file infector. <BR> <BR>Also known as: <BR> <BR>Category: Worm <BR> <BR>Infection length: 10307 <BR>Virus definitions: Pending <BR> <BR>Threat assessment: <BR> <BR>Damage: <BR>High Distribution: <BR>High Wildness: <BR>High <BR> <BR>Wild <BR> <BR>Number of infections: More than 1000 <BR>Number of sites: More than 10 <BR>Geographic distribution: High <BR>Threat containment: Moderate <BR>Removal: Moderate <BR>Damage <BR>Payload: <BR> <BR>Large scale e-mailing: All the addresses in Microsoft Outlook address <BR>book <BR>Degrades performance: May clog mail servers <BR>Distribution <BR> <BR>Subject of e-mail: ILOVEYOU <BR>Name of attachment: LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs <BR>Size of attachment: 10307 <BR>Technical description: <BR> <BR>This is a preliminary writeup. The information contained within is to <BR>provide as much information as possible at this time. <BR>VBS.LoveLetter.A is an email worm, mIRC worm, and a file infector. <BR>VBS.LoveLetter.A will use Microsoft Outlook and email itself out as an <BR>attachment with the above subject line and attachment name. The body of <BR>the <BR>message will be <BR> <BR>kindly check the attached LOVELETTER coming from me. <BR> <BR>The virus will also infect files with the following extensions: vbs, <BR>vbe, <BR>js, jse, css, wsh, sct, hta, jpg, jpeg, mp3, and mp2 <BR>The virus will insert the following files: <BR> <BR>MSKernel32.vbs in the Windows System directory <BR> <BR>Win32DLL.vbs in the Windows directory <BR> <BR>LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs in the Windows System directory <BR> <BR>WinFAT32.EXE in the Internet download directory <BR> <BR>WIN-BUGSFIX.EXE in the Internet download directory <BR> <BR>script.ini in the mIRC directory <BR>SARC recommends Administrators filter on the attachment name and Subject <BR>line immediately. <BR> <BR>This writeup will be verified and formalized within the hour. <BR> <BR>Removal: <BR> <BR>Delete found infected files. <BR> <BR>Write-up by: Eric Chien <BR>Updated: May 4, 2000 <BR>Tell a Friend <BR>-------------------------- <BR>

This one is for real. Heed the warnings. The network guys here in the Terry College are busy right now setting up a barrier on the mail server and trying to alert the faculty that this rascal is out there. Unfortunately it has already done some damage; they just are not sure how much.

Our Outlook servers have been down all day (thats well over a thousand staff affected), same for my sisters company also in London. <BR> <BR>The radio estimated 10% of UK companies have been seriously affected, probably those that werent were not using Outlook as their email system.... <BR> <BR>Kavey

I have received dozens of these messages today from people I do not know. They have come into another mailserver I use OUTLOOK EXPRESS, but not this one or any others I use. <BR>It is recommended to DO NOT OPEN IT...DELETE IT IMMEDIATELT, THEN ALSO DELETE IT FROM YOUR "TRASH" OR "DELETED ITEMS FILE". I AM IN TEXAS AND IT IS ALL OVER THE RADIO & TV STATIONS ABOUT THIS TODAY.

We were hit also, and our techies immediately sent out the prevention and cure. Of course (and this is the God's honest truth), I received several of the infected emails FROM the techies.

It's one of the big stories on the news! This one seems to be quite a big one and we all need to be careful.