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911 Virus Warning - FOR REAL!!!

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Subject: 911 Virus Warning - FOR REAL!!!
From: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 12:08:28 -0400
Just a note to the lists about a virus that has come up in the last week 
or so. I was asked about it by list members (one got it but didn't get 
burned), confirmed it,  and thought I would drop a line to the group. 
Unfortunately this goes out the same day Allen (WAY too much time on his 
hands) Hefner posts about the well known Work Virus. 

911 (firkin) is a for real virus that comes attached to an email. the 
attachment can be called mine.exe. (It really is a worm) it does a couple 
of things. One it can wipe your drive but the fun one is - for those with 
modem lines - it will spend all day calling 911 repeatedly. The FBI 
called it a serious "Denial of Service" attack against the 911 system. 
And the cops might get mad at you for dialing 911 for no reason. 

More info can be found at
http://www.datafellows.com/v-descs/firkin.htm

This baby will get Win 3.1, Win95 and Win98. Less likely to get NT as it 
wants to go in the C:\WINDOWS directory which NT does not normally have. 

Nor will it get a MAC!! (LMAO)

Nor Unix either. 

I know - WAY Too much information. Keep those Virus DAT files updated. 

Larry

Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
System Administrator/Manager
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 1015 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104

 Ask a question and you're a fool for three minutes; do not ask a 
question and you're a fool for the rest of your life. 



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