artappeal wrote:
>
> Be advised, especially those without virus protection, and especially the
> person who sent the following message:
>
> A message from June P. McLeavey with the subject line Frame Corner Samples
> has the WScript.KakWorm.dr virus attached to it.
Here's the scoop from Symantec's Web site:
Maggie
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Wscript.KakWorm.dr
Discovered on: December 15, 2000
Last Updated on: June 11, 2001 at 12:05:32 PM PDT
Wscript.KakWorm.dr is a dropper file that the
Wscript.KakWorm
worm copies to a hard drive when an infected email
is opened.
This file can only be dropped onto a system with a
version of the
Outlook or Outlook Express email client that has
not been
updated with the Microsoft security patch that
protects against
such infection.
Category: Worm
Virus Definitions: December 15, 2000
Threat Assessment:
Wild:
Low
Damage:
Low
Distribution:
Low
Technical description:
Please refer to the document Wscript.Kakworm for
technical
information about this worm.
NAV Definitions dated earlier than Dec 15, 2000
detected this file
as Wscript.KakWorm.
Removal instructions:
Delete any file that is detected as
Wscript.KakWorm.dr. Then
follow the removal instructions in the
Wscript.Kakworm document
to ensure that the Wscript.KakWorm worm has been
removed
and that the appropriate Microsoft security patch
has been
installed.
