Dear All
My computer has been infected by a virus (W32Magistr.@MM) which replicates
itself by sending a rogue email to everyone in the address book.
If you have received an email anything like "Re: To the Wakefield Local
Area" DO NOT open it, and in particularly DO NOT open the attachment
UNREGASF.EXE
Fortunately it was easily zapped by specific software (my Norton was not
able to) with information as follows:
The W32/Magistr@MM virus is a combination of a files infector virus and
e-mail worm. The viral code infects 32 bit PE type files (.exe) files in
the WINDOWS directory and subdirectories. The worm part is using mass
mailing techniques to send itself to email addresses stored in several
places. The worm installs itself to run at each system startup.Five minutes
after the virus is run, it attempts a mailing routine. Email addresses are
gathered from the Windows Address Book, Outlook Express mailboxes, and
Netscape mailboxes (address found in the email messages within existing
mailboxes are gathered), and these file locations and addresses are saved to
a hidden .DAT file somewhere on the hard disk (varies). The messages sent by
the worm contain varying subject headings, body text, and attachments. The
body of the message is derived from the contents of other files on the
victim's computer. It may send more than one attachment and may include non
.EXE or non-viral files along with an infectious .EXE file.
For further information, please visit the following web-sites:
http://vil.nai.com/vil/virusChar.asp?virus_k=99040
http://www.europe.f-secure.com/v-descs/magistr.shtml
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or from:
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Tel:+44 (0) 9067 579001
(Calls will be charged at £0.75 per-min)
Many apologies for any problems caused,
David
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