I too received the Snow White Virus....3 Times!!! Luckily McAfee caught
them.
It did not, however, catch one called creative.exe which disguises itself as
a Shockwave Media file. It messed with alot of files!
According to McAfee it is an e-mail based worm that forwards itself to
everyone on your e-mail list but I was trying out a new mail program and did
not have anyone in the address book! WHEW, Im thankfull for that! I wont
be opening up any .exe's no matter who they are from!
Following is the alert per McAfee Dispatch:
W32/ProLin@MM is an Internet worm that spreads via email. McAfee AVERT has
given it a risk assessment of MEDIUM TO HIGH-RISK. The email comes with an
attachment named CREATIVE.EXE, which carries the icon of a Shockwave Media
Player application.
You may receive the email in this format:
Subject = A great Shockwave flash movie
Body = Check out this new flash movie that I downloaded just now ... It's
Great
Bye
Attachment = creative.exe
If you run CREATIVE.EXE, it finds and alters all .JPG and .ZIP files on your
system and forwards a copy of itself to everyone in your email address book.
Please do not run the attachment.
Bill Boggs
thumper72@lvcm.com
http://www.lvcm.com/thumper/white_lightning.html
"White Lightning"
2001 CC 2WD Sport+ 4.7 Auto
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