Re: Virus Patch
From: Larry Samuels MS-MVP XP \(Shell/User\) (larry_at_mvps.org)
Date: 09/19/03
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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 19:26:56 -0400
Microsoft never sends unsolicited files by email.
DO NOT open the file--it is NOT from MS.
REPEAT:Microsoft NEVER sends unsolicited files by email.
It is a virus masquerading as MS security.
The current one circulating is dumaru.b
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.dumaru.b@mm.html
or a variant of the gibe worm.
Removal tool for gibe is at
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.gibe@mm.removal.tool.html
If by chance you did open the file:
>From a post by Bill Sanderson MVP:
Here's where to get the removal tool:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.dumaru@mm.removal.tool.html
Read the instructions completely, paying particular attention to the part
about System Restore on XP and Me.
-- Larry Samuels MS-MVP (Windows-Shell/User) Associate Expert Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at http://home.earthlink.net/~larrysamuels/WS2003FAQ.htm Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone "Mitch" <tall_frosty_one@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:798001c37e3a$e7983220$a601280a@phx.gbl... > In the last 2 or 3 weeks; I've been receiving a Virus > Patch from, what says, Microsoft. My Norton's Antivirus > has been declaring it as containing a virus. I'm receiving > this on an average of 3 times a day. I can't see anywhere > in the Microsoft site where I can report this or send the > patch email for tracking. My nephew's wife loaded the > patch and now the computer has totally shutdown. Not even > a DOS prompt. I was wondering if anyone else is getting > this email. I'm located in Southern Ontario and find that > many of my family and friends are receiving it.
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