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Virus

From: albert
Time: 9:39:47 AM
Date: 12/2/99

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I just thought I'd warn you about a Virus we are currently having problems with here in Tuam.

Here is the the progression of the virus. Please be careful. This virus is distributed in the form of a reply to an e-mail you originate. Whenever you send a message to an infected computer, Outlook (On the infected computer) will send a reply following this pattern: A subject line of: Re: <subject of your original message> A body with the following content: Hi <sender of the original message> !

I received your email and I shall send you a reply ASAP. Till then, take a look at the attached zipped docs. Sincerely <user of the infected computer> An attachment called zipped_files.exe It includes a payload: it will search the user's mapped drives and overwrite all files of types .c, .cpp, .asm, .doc, .xls, .ppt. to zero Kb. If you get such an email, contact MIS immediately. Do not open the attachment. Instead, delete the file.

As yet we cannot find and therefore cannot deal with it.

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