Sober worm makes a comeback

ZD Net News ^ | April 19, 2005 | Dan Ilett

[Vaquero]

I just keep getting mail from MY Email address but from a different provider....ie I am let say Vaquero@Yahoo.com and I get mail from Vaquero@hotmail.com...well as it turns out there is and attachment which is a virus.....I have never opened it, but I have forwarded it to my work email address and boy did it send off bells and whistles.....anyway thats how I check for viruses....the IT guy wanted to know who sent me the virus and I said "I did, I didnt know what it was so I sent it here figuring if it was evil you guy would figure it out".

[Voltage]

I have received two of this worm today it's not currently being caught by the virus scan.

But since my IQ exceeds that of a flying squirrel, I delete these, without opening the attachments.

If everyone would do the same the problem would go away.

[ruiner]

I've have yet to see an spam email, virus, or any other nefarious item from the internet that was NOT in anything but broken english.

[ShadowAce]

Protect yourselves!

[avg_freeper]

"I have never opened it, but I have forwarded it to my work email address and boy did it send off bells and whistles.....anyway thats how I check for viruses....the IT guy wanted to know who sent me the virus and I said "I did, I didnt know what it was so I sent it here figuring if it was evil you guy would figure it out"."

And you're still gainfully employed?

[68skylark]

Maybe someone can help me with a quick question.

I just installed new anti-virus software (McFee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0.0). Is there any way to tell if it's working okay on my computer? Is there any way to make sure it's turned "on"?

[Ingtar]

Are you asking someone to mail you a virus to test it? I'm sorry but I laughed at that image.

[Vaquero]

sure, my company employs IT guys and is not run by them....besides, they're too busy away from their posts, attempting to "fix the equipment" of the the nicer looking woman in the cubes.....I always know where to find them when something goes haywire.........

[68skylark]

Are you asking someone to mail you a virus to test it?

That's wasn't what I had in mind. I was hoping there'd be a web page I could visit to test my computer or something -- maybe they have a benign or "dead" virus they could send me as a test.

[Tennessee_Bob]

There used to be a "test virus," but I can't remember the name. It was a line of text typed (looked like gibberish) but wasn't active, and was saved in a .txt file. The scanner would pick up on the text and alert the user.

[G32]

It's called Eicars

[Tennessee_Bob]

Thanks - I hate getting old.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

I just keep getting mail from MY Email address but from a different provider....ie I am let say Vaquero@Yahoo.com and I get mail from Vaquero@hotmail.com...well as it turns out there is and attachment which is a virus.....I have never opened it, but I have forwarded it to my work email address and boy did it send off bells and whistles.....anyway thats how I check for viruses....the IT guy wanted to know who sent me the virus and I said "I did, I didnt know what it was so I sent it here figuring if it was evil you guy would figure it out".

We don't figure out viruses at my company. We don't have time to play patty-cake like you play with your IT staff. We just delete the message and let the executive figure out why he didn't receive it.

On those rare occasions when the executive finally does chase us down and asks us why he didn't get a particular message, we shrug our shoulders or we tell the executive that the sender has a virus and we blocked all mail coming from him and tell the executive to tell the sender to clean up his computer otherwise his mail won't ever get through and go back to helping the pretty girl.

At least with her, there's a chance for a pay-off. When you help an executive, all you get is more stupid questions and idiotic behavior.

[zeugma]

I just installed new anti-virus software (McFee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0.0). Is there any way to tell if it's working okay on my computer? Is there any way to make sure it's turned "on"?

Yes. Would you like for me to send you a copy of the worm described in this article? I've gotten a few today, and am perfectly willing to share. Since this virus only works against people who use windows, it was kinda wasted on me.

[ncpatriot]

I got email today from NAVMSE with subject line: Norton AntiVirus detected and quarantined a virus in a message you sent. The body of email said following: "Recipient of the infected attachment: SBS, First Storage Group\Mailbox Store (SBS), Patty Pierce/Inbox
Subject of the message: [spamcatcher] report
One or more attachments were quarantined.
Attachment secrets_attachment.doc.exe was Quarantined for the following reasons:
Virus W32.Netsky.C@mm was found."
DO YOU THINK THIS IS LEGIT? I can't find virus anywhere. Thanks

[TechJunkYard]

Protect yourselves!

Done. Microsoft platforms and tools are never used for e-mail around here.

[TechJunkYard]

Attachment secrets_attachment.doc.exe

Ummm.... yeah.

[armymarinemom]

I've received a couple of these. The first one yesterday was not detected by Norton's I sent a sample in and heard back this morning. No I didn't open the thing.

[zeugma]

Here's a link to the test file. eicar. It is possible that your antivirus program won't even let you download the webpage linked above. If it alerts on it, then at least you know it works. Otherwise, the page describes how to create a file that will test your anti-virus program.