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Security Alert!
Important Virus update...
Protect your system, email and network from spammers exploitation - mass-mailing worms . This may cause
your email poor functionality and slow Internet. Follow the
information and resources below to check your system and fix
the problem.
Check your computer vulnerability
New virus warning! 11 Nov 2004
Warning of new Mydoom worm
9 Sep, 2004 CNN Money reported:
McAfee says new e-mail worm spreads via Web links;
Microsoft looks into the threat it
poses. "If you take a normal Windows
PC and connect to the Internet, you will be infected in 10
minutes (without protection)," Mikko Hypponen, Anti-Virus
research director at Finnish data security firm F-Secure,
told Reuters.
The new version is a mass-mailing
worm that does not contain an attachment, as some earlier
versions of the worm program have done. A worm is a
self-replicating computer program that -- like a computer
virus -- can cause damage to a computer's software by
attaching itself to programs. The
new Mydoom e-mail messages direct users to click on a link,
directing them to an infected machine. Following the
hyperlink results in an infection occurring on the target
victim's system.
Other wirus
warnings: 3 May 2004
Monday, May 3, 2004 CNN reported:
HELSINKI, Finland (Reuters) --
The fast-spreading "Sasser" computer worm has infected
hundreds of thousands of PCs globally and the number could
rise sharply, a top computer security official said on
Monday.
"If you take a normal Windows PC and connect to the
Internet, you will be infected in 10 minutes (without
protection)," Mikko Hypponen, Anti-Virus research director
at Finnish data security firm F-Secure, told Reuters.
Other wirus
warnings:
17 March 2004
Please be advised that a number of
security alerts have been released by anti-virus providers
for:
W32/Polybot.l! 3/17/2004
Spy-Idwi
3/17/2004
W32/Netsky.o@MM 3/17/2004
QDial16 3/16/2004
W32/Bagle.p@MM 3/15/2004
W32/Netsky.n@MM
3/15/2004
Instructions how to get rid of the Virus and more
information could be found at:
http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/
and
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/
Please update your untivirus
software and Stinger and run it periodically!
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
New virus
warning!
29 Jan 2004
Please be advised that a number of security
alerts have been released by anti-virus providers
for: "W32/Mydoom@MM" or
"W32.Novarg.A@mm"
Instructions how to get rid of the Virus and more
information could be found at:
http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/
Please update your untivirus
software!
20 Jan 2004 Spammers launch scavenging virus
"Bagle" or "Beagle"
'Bagle,' or 'Beagle,' virus appears to
be an attempt by spammers to collect new e-mail addresses.
The infection, known as "Bagle" or "Beagle," appears to collect a batch of e-mail addresses that could fall in hands of aother spam e-mail marketers or kept for their own use. "Bagle" also contains code that could turn an infected computer into a serious "spamming" machine.
The e-mail infection, or
worm, contains a familiar subject line of "Hi" and an
executable file attachment identified by ".exe." The body of
the e-mail contains random characters.
Instruction how to get rid of the Virus and more information could be found at:
McAffee Security - W32/Bagle@MM
virus
As Reuters reported on Monday, 19 Jan 04:
"Security experts said it is patterned after the recent "Sobig" and "Mimail" outbreaks which also turned scores of computers into zombie machines that spammers can control remotely to send torrents of get-rich-quick and sex aid messages to other computer users.
"It seems perfectly possible that Bagle is yet another worm written by spammers. When they have enough infected computers, they could automatically install invisible e-mail proxy servers on each machine and start spamming through them," said Mikko Hypponen, research manager at Finnish anti-virus firm F-Secure.
A host of virus-detection firms had placed their most severe ratings on the e-mail, noting it was spreading quickly from Asia through Europe and now to the United States."
"The virus is triggered once a computer user clicks on the attachment, setting in motion an aggressive e-mail harvesting program that scans all documents on the infected computer and throughout the network it is attached to."
We advise that you monitor your emails
and systems closely and update and run your Antivirus
Software.
Dear
customers: 7
Nov 2003
You
may have received recently a warning about viruses which
contain a "mass-mailing" worms that spreads through
file-sharing networks (e.g. KaZaA, IRC) and can be passed on
through email. These viruses may be using your computer to
send out large numbers of unwanted email (spam) without your
knowledge which may be contributing to a slow down when
sending and receiving emails. These are Windows-specific
viruses that do not affect Macintosh.The ISPs and Telco
companies are working hard to eliminate such
problems.
We would like to
bring this to your attention and ask you to follow our
online resources to protect yourself, secure and
controll your computer environment and in case you
infected this online help will fix the problem for
you. This way you avoid spreding the
virus.
How are you affected? Your computers may
have been infected and are sending spam
email from their computers without their knowledge - acting
as a proxy servers. We are contacting our
clients who we believe are affected by one of these viruses,
and providing them with the support required to clean their computers.
The Norton Antivirus program may have not picked up these
viruses.
To protect
yourself, check or to clean your
system please follow following steps:
Step 1:
Scan your
Computer and Remove the viruses.
Close all your other applications. Click on the link to McAffee Web site and download and run Stinger antivirus program:
McAfee - Stinger (http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/)
To run Singer program SELECT and Click on "SCAN NOW"
Users of Win ME and XP must disable the System Restore utility first, before running the Stinger file.
Note!! Attention Macintosh
users! These viruses can be email
based and Macintosh user can unknowingly pass viruses
on through an infected email onto a Windows user. We
strongly recommend that all Macintosh users
install firewall and anti-virus protection software. Please,
check McAfee Web site to get information on the
anti virus software available for Macintosh users.
Step 2:
Secure and update your Windows and
Internet Explorer Brovser.
These viruses
exploit the loopholes in the Microsoft Windows Operating
System. Visit:
windowsupdate.microsoft.com
Download and install any updates for
your Windows Operating System. Download and install the latest version of Internet Explorer.
Also, you can visit Microsoft Product Support Services for more
information.
Thank you for your
co-operation.
AgnitioNetworks
Phone: 613.742.5453
Cell: 613.878.2856
Fax: 613.748.5772
Email: tomas@agnitionetworks.com
Web: www.ottawaonline.com
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