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Re: VIRUS ALERT
In Response To: VIRUS ALERT ()

Received this notification from McAfee this evening.

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** EMERGENCY VIRUS ALERT - W32/Goner@MM **
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Dear Archie,

McAfee.com has seen an OUTBREAK of computers infected with
W32/Goner@MM, also known as Pentagone, Goner or Gone. This
is a NEW, HIGH RISK virus that spreads via Microsoft Outlook
email and ICQ instantmessaging programs. This mass-mailing
worm will arrive from someone you know with the following
email message:

Subject: Hi

Body: How are you ?
When I saw this screen saver, I immediately thought about you
I am in a harry, I promise you will love it!

Attachment: GONE.SCR

Goner has a DESTRUCTIVE PAYLOAD. When the attachment is
opened, it will look for a variety of anti-virus, firewall
and other security programs and attempt to delete them,
along with ALL FILES in the same directory. This worm
will also place a trojan, REMOTE32.INI, on the system, which
contains instructions to attempt Denial-of-Service attacks
on other IRC users.

For detection and removal instructions for the
W32/Goner@MM virus, click here.
===> http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=2639

McAfee.com VirusScan Online and Clinic subscribers:
If you don't have ActiveShield installed and updated, you
are not protected from this virus. Click here to download
ActiveShield.
===> http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=2372

Retail VirusScan Users:
Version 4.0.70 and above with DAT file 4174 will detect and
remove this worm. To download the latest DAT files, click here.
===> http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=2645

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