[Prodigal Son]

The file containing Fizzer's executable code is named by a random generator, but the file extension is always .exe, .pif, .com, or .scr.

I have an email in my inbox right now that has an attachment infected with a virus with the "scr" file extension.

The from line is "gjones1980" and the subject line is "100 Things B4 I die"

Norton Antivirus caught it. Heads up!

[Uncle Jaque]

Symantec (NORTON) seems to be on top of this pretty well:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.hllw.fizzer@mm.html">http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.hllw.fizzer@mm.html

But thanks for the heads-up; I just updated our NORTON AV to be on the safe side!

Another thing I ought to do is as NAV reccomends; set E-mail filters to kick out any incoming with a *.exe, *.scr, *.bat etc. file extension as a matter of course.