Virus?
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- SuperBig
Ok so I've been getting about 3-8 emails a day for the last week from people i dont know with subject lines along the lines of. . "Have a new Christmas". . . "happy christmas" all have the same attachment " README.TXT" (2.1KB) . . .
most of the mail is from hotmail or other massive free email sites.
one of them was from a design fir ( cant remember what it was called) . . . so i just want to knowWTF is this happening to everyone? Just me? Is it a virus?
WHAT IS IT?Thanks!
- Nirvous0
Yes it is. If you look closer you will see that there is a .com or .exe on the end of that file.
- unknown0
not sure about this one, but I do in fact know that there is a nasty .mp3 virus out there that is being passed via KaZaA and Morpheus.
- Nirvous0
go to Symantec or Macafee and read about it. Older virus...most software catches it.
- unknown0
yeah your right
- Nirvous0
I found it.
W32.Shoho@MM is a mass mailing worm that is written in Visual Basic. It sends itself as the attachment "Readme.txt (many blank spaces) .pif"
This worm also uses the IFRAME vulnerability that allows Microsoft Outlook to execute the attachment automatically. There are three variants of this worm. All are detected as W32.Shoho@mm.
Also Known As: I-Worm.Welyah, W32/Shoho.a@MM, W32/Shoho.b@MM, W32/Shoho.c@MM
Type: Worm
Infection Length: 110,592
- SuperBig0
So what exactly does it do?