Fwd: FW: IMPORTANT: New Virus Threat -- Worm.ExploreZip

[Dbeverly4@aol.com]

I can't believe I'm forwarding a virus threat.  BUT this was checked out by 
the Systems Manager at my husband's company and is apparently real (if its a 
hoax, sorry, sorry, sorry).  Anyway, just thought you guys would want to 
know.  I'm never going to download or unzip anything (well maybe some things, 
heh-heh) BUT not on the computer!

Sylvia (I barely know where the "on" button is on this silly machine)

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• To: "'dbeverly4@aol.com'" <dbeverly4@aol.com>
• Subject: FW: IMPORTANT: New Virus Threat -- Worm.ExploreZip
• From: Doug Beverly <DBeverly@Vetronix.com>
• Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 17:20:33 -0700
• Importance: high

Sylvia - This is from our MIS group. Let's alert Michael & Graham. Note the
statement " What is dangerous about this EMAIL is that it may come from
someone you know (that has already been infected)".


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Steve Karle 
> Sent:	Thursday, June 10, 1999 4:08 PM
> To:	* All in VSC; * All in VTX
> Subject:	IMPORTANT: New Virus Threat -- Worm.ExploreZip
> Importance:	High
> 
> A new virus has been detected that is much more destructive than the
> Melissa virus -- it is called the Worm.ExploreZip virus.  This virus is
> transmitted via EMAIL (at this point the virus utilizes Microsoft Outlook
> and Exchange) and deletes any file with the extension .h, .c, .cpp, .asm,
> .doc, .ppt, or .xls on your hard drive(s), as well as any mapped drives,
> each time it is executed.   The content of the EMAIL will look like the
> following:
> 
> Hi  Receipient Name!
> 
>                      I received your email and I shall send you a reply
> ASAP.
> 
>                      Till then, take a look at the attached zipped docs.
> 
>                      bye 
> 
> With the EMAIL, there will be an attachment included called
> zipped_files.exe.  If you receive an EMAIL with the above text or an
> attachment called zipped_files.exe delete it from your mailbox and purge
> your deleted items folder.  This virus not only corrupts information on
> your hard drive, but also searches your contact list and proceeds to
> distribute the EMAIL to your contacts.  What is dangerous about this EMAIL
> is that it may come from someone you know (that has already been
> infected).
> 
> Please update your virus definition files as soon as possible.  For those
> of you with Norton Anti-Virus 5.0, double-click on the icon in the system
> ashtray (the lower right-hand corner) that looks like a PC with a medic
> bag.  Click on the option -- Live Update.  This will update the Norton
> Anti-Virus engine to identify this virus and to stop it from attacking the
> workstation.  For those with older versions, click on Start, Programs, and
> Norton Anti-Virus.  Click on the option Live Update.
> 
> Below is a summary of the virus and its capabilities from the Symantec
> website:
> 
> http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/worm.explore.zip.html
> 
> Thanks to those persons within Vetronix that notified me regarding this
> issue!!

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