Be VERY carefull what you open from your e-mail. This virus is a very Dangerious one. DO NOT OPEN IT! Delete it ASAP. I just thought I let you all know. Allan.
Thanks
You know…I was going to open it up and see how it ran, but now I won’t. Are you sure taking a virus for a test-drive isn’t worth it?
Only if you want to lose all of your files… Emphasis on ALL.
The trade press notes that this virus seems to be devoid of any profit motive - many viruses steal information like passwords or send information about your computer usage to someone who will use it for say, spamming you.
This one appears to be purely destructive, possibly only for bragging rights in the hacker community. Be sure your antivirus is running, is up to date, and that you have scanned your computer. Probably wouldn’t hurt to do a manual scan…
JUST ANNOUNCED: The all new Chrisler [sic] 2007 Virus. Even has a hemi. See your local dealer now for a free test-drive. Be the first to bring it into your neighborhood. Let your friends borrow it! Once they have experienced it, they will remember you for what you brought to them for a long time.
[(-D][:-,] Is that hillbilly looking fella behind it? The one always asking if it has a Hemi in it? Hmmm BOLO for an old dodge with two rednecks spreading hemis!
Deletes all files eh? Better than haveing to defrag I guess !
Seriously, though:
NEW YORK (AP) - If you have computer files you’d rather not lose, now is a good time to make sure your anti-virus software is up to date. A worm set to activate Friday will corrupt documents using the most common file types, including “.doc,”“.pdf,” and “.zip.”
Hundreds of thousands of machines are believed to be infected, mostly in India, Peru, Turkey and Italy, said Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer for Finnish security company F-Secure Corp.
The worm, known as “CME-24,”“BlackWorm,”“Mywife.E” or a number of other monikers, even tries to disable anti-virus software that is out of date, he said.
Thus, users should make sure their software is turned on and has the latest definitions, generally available for free from the software vendor’s Web site. F-Secure also has created a free removal tool.
“If you are infected, and you find out about it today, you still have time to get rid of the virus,” Hypponen said.
As worms go, the spread of BlackWorm is relatively low. But worms these days are generally designed to help spammers and hackers carry out attacks, not to destroy files as this one does. So the impact this time may be more severe.
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) issued an advisory Tuesday warning customers about the worm, which affects most versions of its Windows operating system.
Users should be safe if they have the latest anti-virus software or if their computers are set with limited privileges, a common setting in larger organizations. They are vulnerable if they, like many small business and home users, leave their computers set with full administrative rights.
And users should check the date on the computer. The worm hits the third of every month, so if the computer’s local calendar settings are off, Hypponen said, files may be destroyed sooner or later, even if the computer is never turned on Friday.
I’m not downloading anything since I heard about this. I’ve spent to much time downloading MSTS patches to lose all those zip files!
Can it be identified by Norton or AVG?
Is this the one you’re talking about? It started circulating again recently.
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/osama.asp
You might want to check the date on the report. Kinda “old news.” And a good reason to keep your virus scan up to date.
Thanks Jim…it appears the art of sarcasm isn’t lost after all
Types of computer viruses
Adam and Eve virus: Takes a couple of bytes out of your Apple.
Airline virus: You’re in Dallas, but your data is in Singapore.
Anita Hill virus: Lies dormant for ten years.
Arnold Schwarzenegger virus: Terminates and stays resident. It’ll be back.
AT&T virus: Every three minutes it tells you what great service you are getting.
The MCI virus: Every three minutes it reminds you that you’re paying too much for the AT&T virus.
Congressional Virus: The computer locks up, screen splits erratically with a message appearing on each half blaming the other side for the problem.
Dan Quayle virus: Simplye addse ane ee toe everye worde youe typee…
David Duke virus: Makes your screen go completely white.
Elvis virus: Your computer gets fat, slow, and lazy and then self destructs, only to resurface at shopping malls and service stations across rural America.
Federal bureaucrat virus: Divides your hard disk into hundreds of little units, each of which do practically nothing, but all of which claim to be the most important part of the computer.
Freudian virus: Your computer becomes obsessed with marrying its own motherboard.
Gallup virus: Sixty percent of the PCs infected will lose 38 percent of their data 14 percent of the time (plus or minus a 3.5 percent margin of error).
George W. Bush virus: Doesn’t do anything, but you can’t get rid of it until November.
Government economist virus: Nothing works, but all your diagnostic software says everything is fine.
Jerry Brown virus: Blanks your screen and begins flashing an 800 number.
Madonna virus: If your computer gets this virus, lock up your dog!
Mario Cuomo virus: It would be a great virus, but it refuses to run.
Michael Jackson virus: Hard to identify because it is constantly altering its appearance. T
hahahahahaha, I’m sure I got some of those…
Here we also have the Tony Blair virus, it does what ever the George W Bush virus tells it to.
I’m not sure what you all do, but I back up my documents and that to an external hard drive once a week. You know it makes sense.