[muglo] Re: Symantec Virus alert ?
- From: Ilbert Walker <walker@xxxxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 11:24:56 -0500
Thanks for responding Tee.
Yes, I gather that from reading Barry's posting today
Ilbert
On 27 Jan 2004, at 10:56 AM, Tee Cashmore wrote:
>
>
> Ilbert Walker wrote:
>
>> I received this today fro Symantec
>> What is W32.Novarg.A@mm and how does it affect me?
>>
>> W32.Novarg.A@mm is an encrypted mass-mailing worm that arrives as an
>> attachment, with either a .exe, .scr, .zip, or .pif extension.
>>
>> Note: Symantec Consumer products that support Worm Blocking
>> functionality automatically detect this threat as it attempts to
>> spread.
>>
>> The worm creates a mass mailing of itself, which may:
>>
>> 1. Clog mail servers or degrade network performance
>> 2. Impact system performance
>>
>> This worm is currently undergoing analysis. The record at Security
>> Response will be updated as information becomes available.
>>
>>
>> To read more about the W32.Novarg.A@mm, please click here.
>>
>>
>> Is this applicable to Macs ?
>>
>> Or are they just trying to chase up more business ? :-)
>>
>> Ilbert
>>
> It's just another reason (justification) for using Macs, it won't
> affect
> you as long as you don't download the listed file type, of which 3 are
> IBM (Windows) type anyway.
> TTFN,
> TeeC
>
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