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This just arrived from two sources.  One of them frequents a virus
control 
agency on a regular basis.  He has provided the information from MSNBC.
 
Thought you might want to be forewarned.

Bill Wipfler

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There is another very destructive virus making the rounds (as of 6/7),
called PrettyPark.EXE.   It comes as an e-mail attachment, and seems
only to affect Windows-based systems.  It is quite sophisticated and
has
already had a serious impact on business computer systems.   I quote
from MSNBC/ZDNet:

. . . victims of the virus, which is being described as a worm
with Trojan capabilities, are likely Microsoft Windows users who are
being sent to a custom Internet relay chat channel without their
knowledge.  Once there, victims’ personal data — ranging from e-mail
address book lists, operating system preferences and registration
numbers, passwords, and form data (including stored credit card
information) — can be potentially retrieved from the victim’s PC
without their knowledge by the virus writer. . . .
The virus is spread when PC users open an attached e-mail program
file named “PrettyPark.EXE”.   When executed, it may display the
Windows 3D pipe screen saver while it creates and sends duplicate files
of
itself to e-mail addresses listed  in the user’s Internet address book.
PrettyPark will run this routine every 30 seconds, without the user’s
knowledge. It will also connect to the  custom IRC channel while the
PC owner is on the Internet or reading  e-mail while connected to a
remote server.

What to do?
1)  Keep your virus software updated and use it
2)  Don't open any attachment EVER, even from your best friend, without
first scanning it for viruses.



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