[HANASHIR:16738] Re: FW: [LISTOWNER-ADMIN:46] High risk virus W32/Mydoom@MM

[Jacqueline Guttman <jguttman...>]

Aha. Has anyone else suddenly been getting error messages from people to
whom you never sent anything? One came from an address at UAHC. Very
peculiar.

Jackie Guttman

> From: Adrian Durlester <adurlester (at) comcast(dot)net>
> Reply-To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 09:30:23 -0500
> To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> Subject: [HANASHIR:16729] FW: [LISTOWNER-ADMIN:46] High risk virus
> W32/Mydoom (at) MM
> 
> 
> If you receive a virus-laden message supposedly from hanashir, rest assured
> it is NOT from hanashir or any other Shamash list. See message below.
> 
> Adrian
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-listowner-admin (at) shamash(dot)org
> [mailto:owner-listowner-admin (at) shamash(dot)org] On Behalf Of David 
> Rosenthal D.O.
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 5:59 AM
> To: Shamash administrative list for all list-owners
> Subject: [LISTOWNER-ADMIN:46] High risk virus W32/Mydoom (at) MM
> 
> 
> Shamash list owners-
> 
> In the evening of 1/26/04 there was an outbreak of a high risk virus called
> one of these names:
> W32/Mydoom (at) MM (Mcafee)
> Novarg (F-Secure)
> W32(dot)Novarg(dot)A (at) mm (Symantec)
> Win32.Mydoom.A (CA)
> Win32/Shimg (CA)
> WORM_MIMAIL.R (Trend)
> 
> Please do not open attachments, unless you are certain of their contents.
> The dangerous payloads includes attachments such as these: (varies [.bat,
> ..exe, .pif, .cmd, .scr] - often arrives in a ZIP archive)
> (22,528 bytes)
> * examples (common names, but can be random)
> * doc.bat
> * document.zip
> * message.zip
> * readme.zip
> * text.pif
> * hello.cmd
> * body.scr
> * test.htm.pif
> * data.txt.exe
> * file.scr
> Shamash has updated our virus protection which will prevent this virus from
> being transmitted through our system, but this virus forges From lines to
> make it appear as though it goes through systems which it does not.
> 
> Shamash highly encourages all users of the Internet to have updated
> anti-virus protection on their personal computers.  Please contact your
> anti-virus vendor for more information on how to update your virus
> protection.
> 
> More information about this virus can be found here:
> http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100983.htm
> 
> It is not Shamash's policy to routinely notify our list owners when a virus
> outbreak occurs, but this virus is extremely virulent, and we suspect will
> have a profound impact on our system in that it will slow down list mail
> delivery from shamash.org over the next day or two as this virus propagates
> and our system gets bombarded with copies of this virus and discards it.
> 
> Thank you for your patience and best of luck updating your anti-virus
> software.
> -- 
> David Rosenthal, D.O.
> Shamash Coordinator http://shamash.org
> 
> -------------------- listowner-admin (at) shamash(dot)org 
> -------------------+ Hosted
> by Shamash: The Jewish Network, http://shamash.org
> a service of Hebrew College, which offers online courses and an online MA in
> Jewish Studies, http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/
> 
> To unsubscribe email listproc (at) shamash(dot)org and have your message read:
> unsubscribe listowner-admin
> -------------------- listowner-admin (at) shamash(dot)org -------------------=
> 
> 
> ------------------------ hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org 
> -----------------------+
> Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network, http://shamash.org
> a service of Hebrew College, which offers online courses and an
> online MA in Jewish Studies, http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/
> 
> To unsubscribe email listproc (at) shamash(dot)org and have your message read:
> unsubscribe hanashir
> ------------------------ hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org -----------------------

------------------------ hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org -----------------------+
Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network, http://shamash.org  
a service of Hebrew College, which offers online courses and an
online MA in Jewish Studies, http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/

To unsubscribe email listproc (at) shamash(dot)org and have your message read:
unsubscribe hanashir
------------------------ hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org -----------------------=