NEW
06-05
2003 |
Warning! Bugbear.B Computer Virus May Compromise Your
Computer System and/or Disrupt Network Printers.
A new
computer worm is spreading itself, clogging up networks, and
E-mail systems, and threatening individuals' privacy. This virus is
particularly worrisome because it installs secret software which can
intercept and store all your keystrokes. The keystroke information
can then be retrieved by the virus authors. The virus can also disrupt
network printers. Because the virus laden messages, are hard to spot,
and
the infection can be passed just by your opening a message to read it,
we
urge extreme caution in viewing your incoming E-mail for the next few
days.
For further details, click on the title above.
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NEW
05-19
2003 |
Caution! 'Sobig.B' Computer Virus Masquerading as a Message from
Microsoft Support.
'Sobig.B', a new
computer worm, is spreading itself rapidly, clogging up networks, and
E-mail systems. Many recipients are being fooled because the message
is falsely labeled as if it is sent by support@microsoft.com. Please
be careful about
opening up E-mails or attachments unless you are fully expecting them!
For details, click on the item title above.
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NEW
05-13
2003 |
Caution! 'Fizzer' Computer Virus Can Open Your Computer to
External Control
'Fizzer', a new
computer worm, is spreading itself, clogging up networks, and
E-mail systems, and threatening to compromise individuals'
computers. This virus arrival is tricky to detect and avoid, so be very
careful opening up attachments unless you are expecting them!
For details, click on the item title above.
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NEW
01-14
2003 |
Caution! 'Sobig' Computer Virus Can Open Your Computer to
External Control
'Sobig', a new
computer worm, is spreading itself, clogging up networks, and
E-mail systems, and threatening to compromise individuals'
computers. This virus is fairly easy to detect and
avoid. For details, click on the item title above.
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NEW
10-03
2002 |
New
"Bugbear" Computer Virus Can Divulge What You Are Typing
A new
computer worm is spreading itself, clogging up networks, and
E-mail systems, and threatening individuals' privacy. This virus is
particularly worrisome because it installs secret software which can
intercept and store all your keystrokes. The keystroke information
can then be retrieved by the virus authors.
For further details, click on the title above.
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NEW
07-16
2002 |
New
"Frethem" Virus Clogging Up E-mail Servers
A new
computer worm is spreading itself and clogging up
E-mail systems.
The infected E-mail message tries to lure users into opening an attachment
to get a password to "very important information." Delete any message
you see with Subject line: Re: Your password! For further details,
click on the title above.
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NEW
07-12
2002 |
"Klez" Worm Sending
Out Bogus E-mails!
A variant of the Klez
computer worm that has been around since April is now sending out many
bogus E-mail messages with the sender's addresses "stolen" from the
systems it infects. Fortunately, most of these newest bogus messages are
not actually infected, but they are causing a lot of confusion. Click on the
title above for details.
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NEW
04-29
2002 |
"Klez.H" E-mail Worm
Update - Beware Bogus Message!
A new
computer worm is spreading via E-mail and MS Outlook/MS-Outlook
Express vulnerability. It may arrive in an E-mail with a random subject
line, a random message, and a forged From: address of the sender. Worst
of all, you can become infected even upon opening the E-mail to read it!
If activated, it may try to erase your anti-virus protection and damage
important files in your computer system.
The latest nasty variation of this worm disguises itself in an E-mail
which offers you a one-time, quick way to rid yourself of the Klez virus
forever! Click on the title above for information on
how
to protect yourself against this worm.
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NEW
04-17
2002 |
New "Klez-H" E-mail Worm
Presents Detection Challenge
A new
computer worm is spreading via E-mail and MS Outlook/MS-Outlook
Express vulnerability. It arrives in an E-mail with a random subject
line, a random message, and a forged From: address of the sender. Worst
of all, you can become infected even upon opening the E-mail to read it!
If activated by a restart of Windows, it may damage important files
in your computer system. Click on the title above for information on how to
protect yourself against this worm.
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NEW
03-23
2002 |
New E-mail Worm
Offers Bill Clinton Screen Saver Attachment (Cari.scr)
A new
computer worm is spreading rapidly overseas. It spreads by sending
itself to addressees in your MS Outlook address book and MSN Messenger
contact list. If the Cari.scr attachment is
opened, the
worm will infect others, and it may delete important system
files on your computer..
Delete any E-mail with the Subject line: 'bill caricature',
and whatever you do, do not attempt to open the Cari.scr
attachment.
Click on the title above for information on how to
protect yourself against this worm.
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NEW
03-12
2002 |
New E-mail Worm
Tempts with a 'MyLife' Screen Saver Attachment
A new
computer worm is spreading rapidly. It is primarily an
E-mail clogger. If the My Life.scr attachment is
opened, the
worm will infect others by sending itself to addressees in your
MS-Outlook Address Book, and it could possibly delete important system
files on your computer..
Delete any E-mail with the Subject line: 'my life ohhhhhhhhhhhh,'
and whatever you do, do not attempt to open the My Life.scr attachment.
Click on the title above for information on how to
protect yourself against this worm.
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NEW
01-28
2002 |
New E-mail Worm
Tempts with 'My Party' Photos Attachment
A new
computer worm is spreading rapidly. It is primarily an
E-mail clogger. If the www.myparty.yahoo.com attachment is opened, the
worm will infect others by sending itself to addressees in the
MS-Windows Address book and MS-Outlook Express inboxes and folders.
Delete any E-mail with the Subject line: 'new photos from my party!'
Click on the title above for information on how to
protect yourself against this worm.
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NEW
12-04
2001 |
Dangerous New 'Goner'
Worm
Lures You With a 'Screen-Saver'
A malicious new
computer worm is circulating. If you are infected, the virus
tries to erase your anti-virus protection and other files. It also
will infect others by sending itself to addressees in your mailer's
address book. Delete any E-mail announcing a nifty screen saver!
Click on the title above for information on how to
protect yourself against this worm.
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NEW
11-01
2001 |
New Variant of Nimda
Internet
Worm Attacks FIU Servers
A new variant of
the Nimda computer worm is
spreading via Internet and E-mail. So far, it has primarily attacked
Internet servers, but as with the first Nimda attack, the worm has the
ability to affect individual computers running Windows, particularly
if you have an old version of Internet Explorer installed.
Click on the title above for information on how to
protect yourself against this and other worms/viruses.
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NEW
09-18
2001 |
New Nimda Internet
Worm Attacks/Disrupts Internet Servers
A new computer worm is
spreading via Internet and E-mail. So far it has primarily attacked
Internet servers, but now it is becoming apparent that it also has the
ability to affect individual computers running Windows operating
systems. This could be the first of several
virus attacks which may be launched by terrorist organizations.
Click on the title above for information on how to
protect yourself against this and other worms/viruses.
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NEW
09-05
2001 |
New 'Apost'
E-mail Worm Threatens to Disrupt E-mail
A new computer worm is spreading via E-mail. Although not that
destructive to individual computers, it has the potential to
seriously disrupt E-mail services.
Click on the title above for
for information on how to
protect yourself against this worm and how to get help here at FIU
if you have contracted it.
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NEW
07-20
2001 |
New 'SirCam' E-mail
virus
detected at FIU!
Incidences of SirCam were reported from FIU users this
morning. Opening
E-mail attachments with this virus may erase hard disk files and/or
degrade computer performance. Click on the title above for
for information on how to
protect yourself against this virus and how to get help here at FIU
if you have contracted it.
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NEW
06-20
2001 |
Another outbreak of
W95.MTX Virus detected at FIU!
Please
click on the title above for information on how to
protect yourself against this
dangerous virus and how to get help here at FIU.
We have downloaded
preventative and corrective codes to combat this bug, which is difficult
for users to remove themselves.
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NEW
05-18
2001 |
Malicious New Virus Hoax Comes to FIU
A new virus hoax has already fooled some FIUers into removing one
of their healthy Windows .exe files from their systems.
DON'T GET SCAMMED!
Please click on the link above for details.
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NEW
05-10
2001 |
HOMEPAGE Virus Clogging Up E-mail
A new E-mail virus is on the loose. It is spreading rapidly and
causing E-mail systems to fail. Please click on the link above
to find out how to stay immune!
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NEW
04-09 |
Protect Yourself Against W32-Magistr.24876@mm TIME BOMB !
A new "time bomb" virus is circulating. Because it has no
recognizable "signatures," it may spread quickly thru E-mail, but
it waits for a month or more to begin doing damage to an infected
system.
The only good preventative at this point is to update your virus
"definitions" and to run a full virus scan on your files to make
sure you haven't already caught it.
Click on the title above
for more detailed information.
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NEW
04-06 |
McAfee Anti-virus Software Free to FIU Dial-up/Home Users
The University has recently purchased a University-wide license for
McAfee anti-virus software. As part of this license, FIU students,
faculty and staff are eligible to get a copy of the software to
protect their home computers.
Click on the title above
for more detailed information.
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NEW
03-07 |
BEWARE! 'NakedWife' virus spreading through MS-Outlook E-mail
This new Internet worm has an executable attachment NakedWife.exe
attached to a short E-mail message
with subject FW: Naked Wife and message body "My Wife never look like
that :), Best Regards, (sender's name). If you open (execute) the
attachment, the virus deletes system critical files in your WINDOWS
and systems directories, thus disabling your computer. It also
sends itself to everyone in your MS-Outlook address book.
If you receive any message like the one above,
delete it without
opening the attachment!
Click on the title above
for more detailed information.
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NEW
02-12 |
BEWARE! "Anna Kourikova" virus spreading through E-mail
This new Internet worm has a picture of Russian tennis star Anna
Kourikova
(AnnaKorikova.jpg.vbs) attached to a short E-mail message
with subject "here you have, ;o" or "Here you go:" and body: "Hi:
Check This! If
you
open the attachment, the virus sends itself to everyone in your
MS-Outlook address book. If enough people are infected, this
can overwhelm and crash your site's E-mail server(s).
If you receive
such a message, delete it without
opening the attachment!
Click on the title above
for more detailed information.
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NEW
02-05 |
BEWARE! Dangerous virus in 'Snowhite' E-mail Messages
A variant of this W32/W95 worm sends you a message from:
Hahaha [hahaha@sexyfun.net] with the
subject "Snowhite and the Seven Dwarfs - the REAL story," a
short message about those storybook characters, and a damaging
E-mail attachment which may be named dwarf4u.exe, joke.exe
or some other file with extension .exe or .scr. DO NOT
OPEN THIS ATTACHMENT. DELETE THIS E-MAIL MESSAGE AT ONCE!
Click on the title above
for more detailed information.
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NEW
01-24 |
BEWARE! W97M.Melissa.W Variant Now Affecting Mac Users
and Mac E-Mail
Recipients
A new variant of this Word97 worm may attack Macs and spread
through
their MS-Outlook E-mail address books. Watch for E-mail with body
text "Here is the document you asked for... don't show anyone else."
DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT TO THIS MESSAGE!!
Click on the title above
for more detailed information.
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NEW
12-02 |
BEWARE! W32/Prolin
INternet Worm Spreading Via E-Mail
W32/Prolin is spread through an attachment to an MS-Outlook E-mail
message.
The attachment is named creative.exe; it should not be
run (executed) under any circumstances!!
Click on the title above
for more detailed information and protection/removal instructions.
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NEW
11-11 |
Navidad Virus Spreading
Via MS-Outlook - Latest Information
W32.Navidad@M is a mass
mailing worm program. The worm replies using MAPI to all Inbox messages
that contain a single attachment. This works with Microsoft Outlook. The
worm utilizes the existing E-mail subject line and body and attaches
itself as NAVIDAD.EXE. Due to the bugs in the code, after being executed,
the worm causes your system to be unusable. Click on the title above
for more detailed information and protection/removal instructions.
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NEW
06-20 |
New "Stages" virus
spreads like "I LOVE YOU" and "NewLove" but not as destructive.
Although infection may cause your PC to become unstable, it appears
that the major threat is clogging of E-mail
servers. Please
avoid all E-mail attachments beginning with "FW" and/or containing
the words "Life stages," "Funny," or "Jokes" or any combination of
those. Innoculation updates and a "repair tool" for Norton Anti-Virus
users are available at
the Virus Links - Symantec site; innoculation updates and an on-line
detection scan are available for McAfee users at the Virus Links -
McAfee site.
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NEW
05-30 |
Although relatively Harmless,
the new KAK Virus is spreading itself in a way
more insidious than "I LOVE YOU."
Most of the recent E-mail viruses
have required a user to open an E-mail attachment
before the virus is loosed. KAK (and most
probably more virulent copycats to follow ) only
require you to open or preview your list of
incoming E-mail. There is a patch available to
fix Microsoft Internet Express, Office 2000, and
Outlook Express so that you can't become a victim
of such bugs, which seem to have been around
since
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NEW
05-26 |
FBI Warns of Dangerous New
Resume E-Mail Virus - W97M.Resume.A, a.k.a
W97M.Melissa.BGLate Friday,
5/26/00, a new E-mail computer virus began
spreading through corporate computers. The virus
is carried in an E-mail attachment and once opened
spreads thru one's address book. DO NOT open
any E-mail with Subject = "Resume - Janet
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NEW
05-19 |
New Strain of 'Love Bug' Going
WorldwideLate Thursday, 5/18/00, a
new strain of virus, similar to but much more
clever than last week's I LOVE YOU, began
affecting computers of some US companies.
VBS/NewLove.a spreads through Microsoft Outlook
E-mail. Be extremely careful opening any E-mail
attachment, and particularly any with subject
line beginning with the characters FW:
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NEW
05-04 |
BEWARE of 'I Love You'
Virus!I LOVE YOU Virus spreads
unbelievable havoc all the way from the
Phillipines ... |
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