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Guaranteed not to be a hoax. steven ----- Original Message ----- From: McAfee.com Dispatch <dispatch@mcafee.com> To: <trails@jps.net> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 4:40 PM Subject: VIRUS ALERT - THURSDAY VIRUS (W97M/Thus.A) Dear steven: ((( VIRUS ALERT - THURSDAY VIRUS (W97M/Thus.A) ))) W97M/Thurs.A or "Thursday" is a recent virus, discovered on 8/26/99. W97M/Thus.A has been given a HIGH risk assessment by AVERT, the anti-virus research division of NAI Labs. Though it spreads through sharing of documents, and not by automatically emailing itself across networks, it has achieved a high rate of prevalence very quickly. The virus carries a potentially destructive payload that will attempt to delete all files on a user's c: drive on the trigger date of December 13th. The pattern of reports from multiple financial institutions around the world in rapid succession suggests the initial outbreak may have occurred through the distribution of a single infected document within the financial community. Users infected with the Thursday virus will see no obvious indications that a document has been infected. However, because the virus infects Word 97's normal.dot, the size of that file will increase from its normal 27K. In addition, the virus turns off Word 97's Macro Warning feature. If a "clean" document known to contain macros does not produce the regular warning, this may be an indication that the system is infected. <<<<<<<<<< THURSDAY VIRUS FIXES >>>>>>>>>> **** FIND OUT MORE about this virus, go to the THURSDAY Help Center: http://www.mcafee.com/viruses/thurs/ *** CHECK if your system is infected, click here to use VirusScan Online: http://www.mcafee.com/centers/clinic/start.asp?area=scannow *** PURCHASE the latest version of VirusScan, please click here: http://store.mcafee.com/category.asp?CatID=3&CategoryLevel=1&rfr=VSCALRT *** UPGRADE to the latest version of VirusScan. Purchase the VirusScan Maintenance Plan which entitles you to 12 months of upgrades, click here: http://store.mcafee.com/category.asp?CatID=18&CategoryLevel=1&rfr=VRSPLN *** DOWNLOAD the latest DAT files, click here: http://download.mcafee.com/updates/updates.asp This Virus Alert has been issued by the Network Associates Anti-Virus Emergency Response Team (AVERT). McAfee.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of Network Associates, Inc. (NAI). __________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe: If you do not want receive the McAfee.com Dispatch in the future, click here: http://www.mcafee.com/unsubscribe/ Copyright 1999 McAfee.com / All Rights Reserved. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____ Responsys.com generated this mailing, but is not responsible for the contents or the recipient list. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/RideCamp =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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