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RE: [OM] Virus Alert: ""Anna"" Virus (fwd)

Subject: RE: [OM] Virus Alert: ""Anna"" Virus (fwd)
From: "Brian P. Huber" <bphuber@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 22:59:44 -0500
Siddiq is correct!
Someone in our company got this.  Tried to send message on a pager after he
got it.  All the pagers in the company got the exact message Siddiq
describes.

Brian P. Huber



>
> Virus Alert
> A newsletter from CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
> February 12, 2001
>
> ***************************************************
> Virus Alert: "Anna" Virus
>
> There's a new virus spamming the world. VBS/SST, also known as
> the "Anna" virus, has some of the same characteristics as last year's
> ILOVEYOU worm; namely, it sends itself to others using addresses
> from your Microsoft Outlook address book. Antivirus software
> companies
> are still investigating this new worm. We do know that "Anna"
> is a mass
> mailer: once you open the attachment, VBS/SST spawns new messages
> containing the virus and sends them off to everyone listed in your
> Microsoft Outlook address book. Consequently, "Anna" has the capacity
> to overload e-mail servers.
>
> This new VBS virus arrives via e-mail with the following information:
>
> Subject: Here you have, ;o)
> Body: Hi: Check This!
> Attached: AnnaKournikova.jpg.vbs
>
> Clicking on the attachment activates the worm. To protect yourself,
> don't open any suspicious email attachments. Also, make sure you have
> the latest antivirus definitions running on your system.



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