From Sophos Alert System: Name: W32/Antiman-A Aliases: Email-Worm.Win32.Antiman.a Type: Win32 worm Date: 26 April 2005 A virus identity (IDE) file which provides protection is available now from the Sophos website, and will be incorporated into the June 2005 (3.94) release of Sophos Anti-Virus. Customers using EM Library, PureMessage or any of our Sophos small business solutions will be automatically protected at their next scheduled update. At the time of writing, Sophos has received a small number of reports of this worm from the wild. Information about W32/Antiman-A can be found at: http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32antimana.html W32/Antiman-A is a mass-mailing worm for the Windows platform. When run the worm copies itself to the Windows folder as funny.scr and to the current users Startup folder as startwin.exe. The worm will then modify the following registry entry so as to become the new screen saver: HKCU\Control Panel\desktop SCRNSAVE.EXE %WINDOWS%\funny.scr Emails sent by the worm can have the following features: Subject line chosen from: Faza cu camila Sex in camin Antivirus Poza de la mare... De ce mor mai repede curiosii... Antimanele Votati astazi! <dd.mm.yyyy> Cu sau fara Manele ? Pentru Ionel Message text chosen from: Ti-am trimis ultima poza de la mare. Asta e? Asta e ultimul antivirus. Ar trebui sa rezolve toate problemele. :))))))) Nu deschide acest mesaj! E numai pentru persoanele prea curioase! Daca sunteti nu mai suportati manelele la servici, tramvai, taxi, metrou, etc., trimiteti acest mesaj la toti prietenii dvs. ! Va multumesc (din suflet). Credeti ca ar fi mai bine ca Romania sa-si retraga trupele d in Irak anul acesta? Deschideti programul Vot, alegeti votul dvs. si vedeti rezul tatele. Parerea dvs. conteaza! Draga Ionel Scuza-ma ca nu ti-am mai scris de mult timp, dar am avut ceva probleme cu calculatorul Ti-am promis ultima data pe chat o poza cu mine dezbracata... m-am gandit mult la asta si cred ca pana la urma cel mai bine e sa-ti trimit o poza. Sper sa-ti placa. Daca nu o sa-mi mai scrii dupa mesajul asta, o sa te inteleg... Roxana, <dd.mm.yyyy> Attached filename chosen from: poza_roxana._JPG.exe antimanele.exe curiosii.exe camila.exe ioana_divx._AVI.exe antivirus.exe scan_picture_0001._JPG.exe film_papa._avi._divx_.exe This IDE file also includes detection for: Troj/Hider-C http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojhiderc.html Troj/QQify-A http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojqqifya.html W32/Sdbot-ZD http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sdbotzd.html Troj/Agent-DL http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojagentdl.html Download the IDE file from: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/antim-a.ide Download all the IDE files available for the current version of Sophos Anti-Virus in a single compressed file. The file is available in two formats: Zip file: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/ides.zip Self-extracting file: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/ides.exe Read about how to use IDE files at http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/using.html *********** MIKE"S REPLY SEPARATOR *********** Mike ~ It is a good day if I learned something new. Editor MikesWhatsNews see a sample on my web page http://www3.telus.net/mikebike <mikeswhatsnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/worm_removal.htm See my Anti-Virus pages http://virusinfo.hackfix.org/index <virusinfo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> A Technical Support Alliance and OWTA Charter Member