VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE I RECEIVED FROM THE ACC
HELPDESK--PLEASE READ!!!
If
you receive an email from someone (From: field is forged using a random address
from a victim) with the following subjects:
Re:
Details
Re: Approved
Re: Re: My details
Re: Thank you!
Re:
That movie
Re: Wicked screensaver
Re:
Your application
Thank you!
Your details
DELETE
IT IMMEDIATELY; DO NOT OPEN IT or ITS ATTACHMENT.
This is the Sobig(F) virus, it could have the
following text in the body of the message:
See
the attached file for details
Please see the attached file for details and one of the following as an
attachment:
application.zip (contains application.pif)
details.zip (contains details.pif)
document_9446.zip (contains document_9446.pif)
document_all.zip (contains document_all.pif)
movie0045.zip (contains movie0045.pif)
thank_you.zip (contains thank_you.pif)
your_details.zip (contains your_details.pif)
your_document.zip (contains your_document.pif)
wicked_scr.zip
(contains wicked_scr.scr)
The
purpose of the virus is to steal confidential information (such as email
addresses) and to make the infected pc available as a SPAM relay (forwarding
email for SPAMMERS to avoid the blocking lists set in place by system
administrators). More details can be found at:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sobig.f@mm.html