6 Mar
2001
6 Mar
'01
11:26 a.m.
Yup, this one's real. Symantec classifies it as hitting between 50 and
999 machines on 3-9 sites, with medium geographical distribution and
moderate threat containment. High damage. - it eats several system
files
and makes the system unusable, requiring a reboot. Apparently Norton
Antivirus will deal with it if you catch it before
you execute the .exe file.
<sigh> another reason not to use Micros~1
products for email...
In a message dated 3/6/01 7:33:09 PM Eastern Standard Time,
rigdonj(a)intellistar.net writes:
<< >
>The following came to us at work, and I wanted to pass on the info:
>
>STRICOM has received official notification of a new virus in the wild
called
>the Naked Wife Virus.
>
>This virus is sent by email message with the subject of the "Naked
Wife"
or
>"FW: Naked Wife" with text of "My wife never looked like that! ;)
".
>There is an infected attachment named
"nakedwife.exe". When opened,
this
>virus resends itself to other recipients in
address book. This
virus also
>affects all .dll, .exe, .com, and .bitmaps
files. Do not open
this
email
>or the attachment if received.
>
>Information has not yet been received as to whether Norton or McAfee
will
>detect and clean this virus.
>
>Microsoft Outlook email systems are the primary target of this virus
and we
do not believe
Lotus Notes is affected >>
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