RE: Virus (WORM_MIMAIL.R) not from me !

["Thomas Droege" <tdroege2@earthlink.net>]

To All,

Looks like my computer was infected.  I just saw Paul's name and opened the
attachment.  A lesson.  Don't go by the name of someone you care about.

OK, I should now be clean.  I am not sure that this virus could do it's
thing since this computer is on the other sice of a router.  Experts can
tell me how much damage might have been done.  I think this virus works by
opening up ports to outside attack.  Does the router prevent this?

As near as I can tell I was infected on 26 Jan and am now clean.  So not so
much time to do it's thing, abut computers are fast...

Tom Droege


> [Original Message]
> From: BARTHOLDI Paul <Paul.Bartholdi@obs.unige.ch>
> To: <tass@listserv.wwa.com>
> Date: 1/27/2004 9:36:19 AM
> Subject: Virus (WORM_MIMAIL.R) not from me !
>
> Hello,
>
> Many TASS members have received emails from me, mostly unreadable, but
with
> an attachement body.exe , body.zip  or message.zip etc.
>
> It is a nasty virus spreading rapidely over the net, named apparently 
> WORM_MIMAIL.R . As usual now, the "from" address is a fake, it just
happens
> that my email address is "public". Using only Sun Sparc computers with 
> Solaris, I am rather immune to viruses, but this does not stop others to
> use my name...
>
> For more informations, look at :
>
>   W32/Mydoom@MM      http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100983.htm
>   W32/Dumaru.y@MM    http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100980.htm
>
> I hope no one of you got infected!
>
> Best regards,     Paul
>
>