At 22:44 2/12/01, Chris O'Neill wrote:
I just got an internal e-mail not an hour ago from ISM tech support saying
that file is a virus. Haven't checked a second source (e.g. McAfee) to
ensure it's authentic, but I wouldn't save or open that attachment if I
were you.
Yep, it is . . . McAfee's AV software set off alarm bells when the file
came through as an attachment to a mail list message. McAfee's formal name
for it is "VBS/SST@MM" and it is informally referred to as the "Anna" or
"Anna Kournikova" worm. (Technically it is _not_ a virus, but a worm).
I think someone complained about Acer's warning . . . in this case it is
warranted. It is a very real worm and was sent to this list. Anyone
capable of receiving a file attachment in their mail received it.
More information about it can be found here (including manual removal
instructions):
http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=99011&;
It's currently at the top of McAfee's list of recent threats and has pegged
their risk "meter" in the red.
-- John
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