jo-@aracnet.com
OBRA-land,
I have trapped a few emails with a virus known as JS/Fortnight@M virus.
According to McAfee (www.mcafee.com), this is a low-risk virus for both
home
and corporate users. It is an internet worm, similar to Melissa or
CodeRed.
Here is the information from McAfee:
"This script virus resides on a web page, which was recently removed.
When users visited this page, a link to a pay-per-click webpage was
appended to their email signature file. When an infected user manually
sent out an email message, a link would appear at the bottom, pointing
to a web page on this site. The link is included in an IFrame, so if the
receiving e-mail client supported HTML, the page would open
automatically, and be displayed inside the e-mail message. The Internet
Explorer and Netscape Navigor home page settings are also changed by
this script. Again, the malicious page was removed; therefore this virus
is currently not a threat. However, users may see this detection in
messages sent from infected users.
A patch for the vulnerability used is available from Microsoft at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS00-075.asp"
Removal and patch instructions can be found at this link:
http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=99486
Joe
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