Re: TXHMOND9LU Virus I think Help

From: Nina (nscsg_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/07/04


Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 20:36:31 +0100

Hi there,

for more information on Swen:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.swen.a@mm.html

Nina
"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> schreef in bericht
news:eFGLrR9AEHA.2800@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Please go to one or more of the below online scanners and perform a scan
of your platform
> then report back your results.
>
> Trend:
> http://housecall.antivirus.com
> http://housecall.trendmicro.com
>
> Panda:
> http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/
>
> Symantec:
> http://security.symantec.com/
>
> In addition:
> If you post to UseNet with your TRUE, not a munged, email address then you
have invited the
> Swen Internet worm [aka; W32/Gibe-F] to visit you.
>
> The Swen is news spelled backwards. The reason it is called this is
because the Swen worm
> harvests email addresses from UseNet News Groups. It has an engine that
allows it to post
> itself to UseNet News Groups as well as it has its own email engine. From
the list of
> email addresses that it has harvested, it will then email itself to those
addresses.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> "A Coulton" <exbayite@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:83ba01c403c8$081c9550$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> | I opend an email from Abbey National. Stupid. My
> | computer now has a million files Spawned fro the above.
> | It is in my start up everything. It has scrubbed
> | software. I even tried re-formatting c drive. It would
> | not let me. Can someone help please
>
>



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