[NHCOLL-L:547] Virus Alert - An Apology

[Stephen Pober]

Please accept my sincere apology to the list for having transmitted the virus known as WScript.Kakworm. Please excuse the latenes of my apology as I was hesitant to post to the list until I was sure I would not reinfect the group. 

A description of this virus is available at:

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/wscript.kakworm.html

The virus is spread through Microsoft Outlook Express and infects only those machines running this program. It "utilizes a known Microsoft Express security hole so that a viral file is created on the system without having to run any attachment. Simply reading the received email message will cause the virus to be placed on the system. It attaches itself to all outgoing messages via the Signature feature of Outlook Express and Internet Explorer newsgroup reader."

Microsoft has patched the security hole. The patch is available from Microsoft's website at:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms99-032asp (Scroll down to Patch Availability).

Thank you all for your forbearance.

Stephen E. Pober

  
  
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