The virus is called "W95.Hybris.gen".
Norton's site has the info:
http://service1.symantec.com/sarc/sarc.nsf/html/W95.Hybris.gen.html
Robert D.
-----Original Message-----
From IfixMGs at aol.com <IfixMGs@aol.com>
To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: February 4, 2001 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: Virus ( Snow White ... ) + LBC Content!!!!!!!!
> Does anyone have any published info on "Snow White"? I looked in
several
>virus and hoax sites and saw nothing related to that name.
> The mechanism that 99.99% of all viruses use (in order to slow, impede
or
>stop internet/intranet/pc function) is the web itself. Toss one message out
>to 8 people, who respond in kind to 8 more who respond to 64 and before you
>know it, every computer user in the word has seen the picture of the
>lumber-laden econobox from Maryland... Toss enough "inquiring minds ought
>to be informed" messages out, and eventually the net slows down. If you
saved
>every horror story signed by the "Director of Security" your computer is
>certainly going to be slower. My old 486 crashed once a few hours after
>downloading an exe from a certified site. I sent out a thousand messages
>that no doubt spanned the globe in an hour. The crash was purely
>coincidental, due to a mechanical failure in the drive. So, I sent out
>another bazillion sorry messages, clogging the sewers that carry the
detritus
>of the information superhighway....
> Get a good virus scanner, and subscribe to one of the urban
>legends/real virus sites. But be careful downloading - they might just have
a
>built in virus.... I heard that one computer virus checker is actually a
hoax
>and allows hackers to piggyback into everyone's hard drive....
> Mark Childers
> Director of Digital Security @ myhouse.inc
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