Why is it that I have never once received ANY of the email viruses that
have gone around in the last, oh, 6 years?
Thumper wrote:
>
> 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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