SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Computer security experts on Monday warned of
a
new virus that deletes files while masquerading as a program that will
allow
people to vote on whether the United States should go to war over the
Sept.
11 hijacker attacks.
The ``Vote Virus'', which so far is not wide spread, circulates via
e-mail
to users of Microsoft Corp.'s (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) Outlook e-mail
program,
said Simon Perry, vice president of security solutions at Computer
Associates International Inc. (NYSE:CA - news)
The virus, punctuated by strange grammar and a mix of lower- and
upper-case
letters, appears with the subject line: ''Peace between America and
Islam!''
and the body of the e-mail reads: ``Hi. Is it a war against America or
Islam!? Let's vote to live in peace!'' Perry and other experts said.
When the attachment entitled ``WTC.exe'' is opened, the virus tries to
delete all the files on the computer's hard drive and sends copies of
the
e-mail to every address listed in the computer's address book, he said.
The virus also defaces any Web pages that are hosted by an infected
computer
to read: ``America ... few days will show you what we can do!!! It's our
turn ))) ZaCker is so sorry for you,'' according to Perry.
For more go here:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010924/wr/tech_votevirus_dc_2.html
Thank you Nancie Dobyns for the warning.
--
Pat Connors, Sacramento CA, listowner
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