Re: Virus Warning!! (THIS IS NOT A HOAX)

From: Grey Knight (greyknight3_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 04/27/04 

Date: 27 Apr 2004 02:59:12 -0700

mike4ty4@yahoo.com (mike3) wrote in message news:<1d54b7e4.0404261835.6d1fcd06@posting.google.com>...
> THIS IS REAL AND NOT A HOAX. For more information go to:
> http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.swen.a@mm.html
>
> If you get an email titled "Microsoft Critical Patch" or something
> similar, the attachment, upon opening, appears to be an install for a
> legitimate patch. But it's not. It's a virus called "W32.Swen.A@mm".
> Once you open it, the only way to avoid getting infected is to turn
> off your computer. Otherwise, if you click on any of the buttons, IT
> WILL STILL INSTALL. It will then prompt for passwords and email
> adresses using phony error mesage boxes and proceed to email more
> copies to your friends. It will also disable anti-virus or firewall
> software.
>
> If you get an email like "Microsoft Critical Patch" or "Microsoft
> Security Update", DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT! It is a DANGEROUS virus
> as it disables your security apps. I've been getting these in my email
> and the scanner said it was a virus. Messages with subjects like
> "failure delivery notice" may also contain it and it will infect your
> computer by merely OPENING the message if you use Outlook or Outlook
> Express for your email. This is NOT a hoax this is 100% real.
> Microsoft does NOT send out patches via email.

Bit late, aren't you? I've been getting that thing for more months
than I care to remember. Does anyone know what virus creates the
"Undeliverable message" emails that are about 142K, but have only a
few words of text in them? Where is the rest of the data concealed?
That one's been bugging me for about as long...