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From: "John A Hansen" <>
Subject: [WINSTON] Virus Alert ( Goner) ( Dec 4-2001)
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 11:58:02 -0800


Dear All:

There is a new virus announced as being out as of 7.30 am this morning
Dec 4th.

The general announcement from www.sarc.com is below.
It is not a really serious virus except for it's wide
distribution already this morning.

A couple of significant points.

A: get your virus definitions updated as of today
B: It's purely an attachment virus ( so simpler to handle)

Let's get ahead of this one and avoid the mess we had
two weeks ago :-)

Best Regards
John A Hansen


W32.Goner.A@mm
Discovered on: December 4, 2001
Last Updated on: December 4, 2001 at 11:21:17 AM PST

W32.Goner.A@mm is a mass-mailing worm that is written in Visual Basic.

The worm has been compressed using a known Portable Executable (PE)* file

compressor. The worm can spread its infection using the ICQ network as well
as

by email using Microsoft Outlook. If IRC is installed, this worm can also
insert

mIRC scripts that will enable the computer to be used in Denial of Service
(DOS) attacks.

Type: Worm

Infection Length: 38,912 bytes

Virus Definitions: December 4, 2001








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