[pchelpers] to Billy - my doom

This is some info about this new virus.

Billy, I don't know why, but the antivirus programs aren't catching this at
my end either.  But if you read this <below> you will know which ones to
delete.
Re-Na Hanson / Arkansas USA

Novarg / MyDoom Virus Alert

The virus goes by two names - Novarg and MyDoom.
This arrives in your e-mail with a subject line of:

test
hi
hello
Mail Delivery System
Mail Transaction Failed
Server Report
Status
Error
The message will read:
Mail transaction failed. Partial message is available.

or

The message contains Unicode characters and has been sent as a binary
attachment.
or

The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII encoding and has been sent
as a binary attachment.


The attachment will have 2  file extensions. The first will be a "safe"
looking .htm, .txt, or .doc.

However, the first file extension is just a decoy. The last one is what you
need to look out for and it will be:

.pif
.scr
.exe
.cmd
.bat
.zip

WARNING - if your system is not set to show file extensions, you will only
see the decoy extensions - not the real ones! For info on how to see all
file extensions, head to:

HYPERLINK
"http://www.worldstart.com/tips/file-management/view-file-extentions.htm"htt
p://www.worldstart.com/tips/file-management/view-file-extentions.htm

Once your computer is infected, this virus will send itself to all the
e-mail addresses it can find on your machine. In addition, it will open a
"backdoor" on your computer that allows a hacker to browse your files,
network resources, and / or install malicious software. This bugger will
also use your computer for Denial of Service Attacks between Feb 1 - 12,
2004.





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Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.  Yipee!
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.571 / Virus Database: 361 - Release Date: 1/26/2004

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