Virus Warning: I-Worm.Sheer.A
Central Command has received an increasing number of infection reports from home and corporate users who are infected with I-Worm.Sheer.A. Central Command
is raising its Virus Alert status to HIGH.
Details:
Name: I-Worm.Sheer.A
Aliases: I-Worm.Zoher, W32/Sheer-A
ITW: Yes
Risk: Medium
Description:
I-Worm.Sheer.A is an Internet worm that is spreading by sending itself to everyone in the infected users Microsoft Outlook Address Book.
The worm arrives in the following e-mail format:
Subject: Fw: Scherzo!
Body: Con questa mail ti e stata spedita la FortUna; non la fortuna e basta, e neanche la Fortuna con la F maiuscola, ma addirittura la FortUna con la F e
la U maiuscole. Qui non badiamo a spese. Da oggi avrai buona fortuna, ma solo ed esclusivamente se ti liberi di questa mail e la spedisci a tutti quelli
che conosci.
Se lo farai potrai:
- produrti in prestazioni sessuali degne di King Kong
per il resto della tua vita
- beccherai sempre il verde o al massimo il giallo ai semafori
- catturerai tutti e centocinquantuno i Pokemon incluso
l'elusivo Mew
- (per lui) quando andrai a pescare, invece della solita
trota tirerai su una sirena tettona nata per sbaglio con gambe umane
- (per lei) lui sara talmente innamorato di te che ti
come una sirena tettona nata per sbaglio con le gambe
Se invece non mandi questa mail a tutta la tua list
entro quaranta secondi,allora la tua esistenza diventera
una
grottesca sequela di eventi tragicomici, una colossale
barzelletta che suscitera il riso del resto del pianeta,
e ticondurra ad una morte orribile, precoce e solitaria...
No, dai, ho esagerato: hai sessanta secondi.
Cascaci: e' tutto vero.
Puddu Polipu, un grossista di aurore boreali
cagliaritano, spedi' questa mail a tutta la sua lista
ed il giorno dopo vinse il Potere Temporale della Chiesa
alla lotteria della parrocchia.
Ciccillo Pizzapasta, un cosmonauta campano che
soffriva di calcoli, si preoccupo di diffondere
questa mail: quando fu operato si scopri' che i suoi
calcoli erano in realta diamanti grezzi.
GianMarco Minaccia, un domatore di fiumi del Molise
che non aveva fatto circolare questa mail,
perse entrambe le mani in un incidente subito dopo
aver comprato un paio di guanti.
Erode Scannabelve, un pediatra mannaro di
Trieste,non spedi a nessuno questa mail: dei suoi tre figli
uno comincio a drogarsi,
il secondo entro in Forza Italia
e il terzo si iscrisse a Ingegneria.
Attachment: javascript.exe
It uses an exploit (a security hole) that allows the attachment to be executed when viewing the message with Microsoft Outlook Express or Outlook (without
Service Packs installed). This method is similar to the one used by Nimda or Kak worms.
Microsoft has issued a patch which protects users against this vulnerability. It can be downloaded by clicking here. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-020.asp
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