Re: Email from Microsoft is it a fraud
From: Phil Weldon (pweldon_at_mindspring.com)
Date: 09/26/03
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Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 20:52:49 GMT
"nadine" <info@iptar.org> wrote in message
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> Just received an email from microsoft, with an attachment
> with instructions to download. This is a scam, fraud, etc.
> Please confirm.
SWEN NEWS
Digest of 'swen' / Worm.Automat.AHB news, 25SEP03
Vietnam
Ha Noi, Sept. 24 (VNA) -- Computer virus W32. Swen. A has afflicted more
than 100 PCs in Viet Nam since it proliferated in the country on Saturday,
Director of the Back Khoa Internetwork Security Centre (BKIS) Nguyen Tu
Quang said on Tuesday.
Asia
The dominance of Microsoft in personal computer software leaves
critical networks vulnerable to attacks from viruses and hackers, says a
report by security experts.
The report, released by a trade group backed by rivals of Microsoft,
highlights longstanding concerns about the national security risks posed by
the company's near-monopoly in personal computers.
Channelnewsasia.com
Asia
Swen virus could infect millions more computers: expert
The Swen computer virus has infected at least 200,000 computers
worldwide and could spread to millions more on Monday when office workers
return to their desks after the weekend, says an expert.
Channelnewsasia.com
USA
Spread via e-mail, the "Swen" worm appears to do little damage, but experts
say the unknown author's painstaking attempt to make it look like a real
security bulletin from Microsoft shows a level of trickery new to Internet
virus and worm attacks.
"This is a level of creativity we've not seen before," said Tony Magallanez,
a San Jose, Calif.-based systems engineer for F-Secure, a Finnish anti-virus
company. "This is a very authentic looking message that definitely uses some
sophisticated social engineering tactics."
Biznews.com
South Africa
Quick action taken by TelkomInternet has saved its users from a major virus
onslaught, after a new virus -- W32.Swen.A -- appeared last Thursday and
started ramping up even faster than the sobig.f and blaster worms, the
telecommunications group disclosed on Tuesday.
The W32.Swen.A virus is a variant of Worm.Gibe.F, and is blocked by the
TelkomInternet scanner that thwarted more than 5 000 instances on Sunday
alone. The virus masquerades as a Microsoft security patch, sets up a mail
server on the recipient's system, asks for the email account details and
password, and then starts to spam the world.
The load caused by this virus has trebled the number of incoming mail
connections to the TelkomInternet servers, causing mail delivery to slow
down.
Mail & Guardian,
Johannesburg
Ireland
The Irish Times reports that thousands of Indigo.ie e-mail account holders
experienced lengthy delays to their e-mail services Tuesday following the
spread of a computer worm called Swen. The worm, which by Tuesday night had
infected 1.5 million computers worldwide, is disguised as a legitimate
e-mail from Microsoft promising a software patch. But the e-mail
automatically executes an attachment that infects a computer users' machine
and also tries to steal e-mail account data.
Electricnews.net
USA
Another Worm Is Crawling Cyberspace
SEATTLE - If you have been noticing some new irritating e-mail in your inbox
today, you're not alone. Yet another new worm is crawling around the
Internet.
Kokomo1000 News
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