Posted on 09/09/2010 1:57:15 PM PDT by Rutles4Ever
"Here You Have" Virus Email spreading. DHS US-CERT Computer Emergency Readiness Team looking into issue. will issue bulletin.
It’s serious, our company is battling it
“It’s serious, our company is battling it”
Yeah, I’m still at work. Gotta stay until we clear it.
Hit USAA & AETNA today in Tampa.
My e faxes are not coming through.
I suspect this is connected as they are pdf attachments
Your Exchange administrator is probably blocking pdf and tif traffic until they figure it out.
I don’t know that this link in the mail went to a pdf. You can make the link appear any way you want. All it had to do was go out to the server and grab the payload.
Symantec is working on it and I’m sure everybody is breathing down their necks.
Subj: VIRUS ALERT Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
Warning: There’s a new virus on the loose that’s worse than anything I’ve seen before! It gets in through the power line, riding on the powerline 60 Hz subcarrier. It works by changing the serial port pinouts, and by reversing the direction one’s disks spin. Over 300,000 systems have been hit by it here in Murphy, West Dakota, alone! And that’s just in the last 12 minutes.
It attacks DOS, Unix, TOPS-20, Apple-II, VMS, MVS, Multics, Mac, RSX-11, ITS, TRS-80, and VHS systems.
To prevent the spread of the worm:
1) Don’t use the powerline.
2) Don’t use batteries either, since there are rumours that this virus has invaded most major battery plants, and is infecting the positive poles of the batteries. (You might try hooking up just the negative pole.)
3) Don’t upload or delete or download files.
4) Don’t store files on floppy disks or hard disks.
5) Don’t read messages. No, not even this one!
6) Don’t use serial ports, toasters, modems, or phone lines.
7) Don’t use keyboards, screens, electric toothbrushes, or printers.
8) Don’t use switches, CPUs, memories, microprocessors, or mainframes.
9) Don’t use electric lights, electric or gas heat, or airconditioning, running water, vibrators, writing, fire, clothing, or the wheel.
I’m sure if we are all careful to follow these 9 easy steps, this virus can be eradicated, and the precious electronic fluids of our computers can be kept pure.
I’ve carefully followed all 9 steps. What do I do now that I can’t log in?
Funny.
The amusing part of this is that some in our IT security staff have fallen for it.
Good info, I will try to rescan as jpeg and see if that works.
Reader update to 9.3.4 is available on the Adobe Reader site
Nasty stuff, huh?
Looks like Bank of America got hammered, too.
My nephew is a higher support wonk for Disney, NBC and others.
He *called* me this afternoon to warn me of this. He said Disney's system got creamed. He said it was a nightmare.
ping
Greetings:
A new email virus has affected companies around the world. The subject of the email has typically had ‘Here you have’ or ‘Just for you’ in it.
At this time, we do not appear to have been affected by this virus. We have updated xxxxxx with the latest antivirus signatures to detect and block it and we are setting up filters to help block these messages.
As has been repeated in the past, please do not click on links or open attachments of suspicious looking emails. If you receive a message like this, simply delete it without opening it and let IT know.
If you have any questions about this, please call or email us.
Kelly Ann, ext. xxx
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