I sent out a notice earlier today about strange e-mail I was getting with attachments like account_info.zip, mail_info.zip, and our_secret.zip. THIS IS A WORM. Delete them.
Before I sent out that notice I checked Symantec to see if they had anything about a new virus. That is very easy for me to do because the most recent viruses are listed on my www.snurl.com/mysecurity web page. There was nothing there. I just checked again, after dealing with the 20-30 infected messages I have gotten today, and Symantec has now named the worm, W32.Sobor.O@mm, and is studying it. They don't know much about it yet. You can follow their progress at:
If you think you may have opened one of the attachments you probably should turn off your computer and wait for a removal program to be created. It will be shown automatically on the www.snurl.com/mysecurity page when it is available.
Just what we need as finals week starts, right?
Bill Vilberg
305-284-3949 (work); 786-218-3052 (cell); 305-255-9138 (home)
