Hi
Readers,
This
is just a quick email to warn every WBB reader as to yet
another virus just starting to make the rounds. I wouldn't
normally have sent this warning so closely following my
last virus warning, however this one is trying to exploit
the terrorist attack in the United States, and as such
many people might be fooled into opening it by mistake.
Current
distribution of the virus is said to be low, but
researchers warned that it could spread extremely quickly
due to the emotionally charged subject. The virus spreads
via email and appears to be a call for peace, with the
text of the message reading in part reading 'Let's vote to
live in peace'
The
email contains an attachment 'WTC.exe' and a subject line
that reads 'Peace between America and Islam' and like many
other viruses, it spreads by mailing copies of itself to
addresses stored in your address book.,
The
payload of this virus however is quite dangerous as unlike
others, the new virus causes more than a slowdown in
Internet traffic, it deletes some files and overwrites
others on your hard drive.
Other
than the 'WTC.exe' the actual email looks like hundreds of
other emails currently in circulation since the terrible
events of September 11th.
Don't
forget if you get any email from anybody containing any
sort of attachment that you are not expecting… do not
open it… simply delete it from your system and you'll
avoid catching any suspect viruses.