[3669] in WWW Security List Archive
FW: virus on the internet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (lsmith@jrctc.com)
Tue Dec 3 16:46:52 1996
From: lsmith@jrctc.com
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 1996 11:59:47 -0800
Apparently-To: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Is anyone familiar with this WARNING???
Is it authentic?
What are the remedies?
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Date: Tuesday, December 03, 1996 11:08AM
Just got this off the internet. If you "surf the net", you might be
interested:
> **********VIRUS ALERT**********
>
>VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ!
>
>There is a computer virus that is being sent across the Internet. If
>you receive an email message with the subject line "Deeyenda", DO NOT
>read the message, DELETE it immediately!
>
>Some miscreant is sending email under the title "Deeyenda" nationwide,
>if you get anything like this DON'T DOWNLOAD THE FILE! It has a
>virus
>that rewrites your hard drive, obliterates anything on it. Please be
>careful and forward this e-mail to anyone you care about.
>
>Please read the message below.
>
>Alex
>
>-----------
>
> FCC WARNING!!!!! -----DEEYENDA PLAGUES INTERNET
>
>The Internet community has again been plagued by another computer
>virus. This message is being spread throughout the Internet,
>including
>USENET posting, EMAIL, and other Internet activities. The reason for
>all the attention is because of the nature of this virus and the
>potential security risk it makes. Instead of a destructive Trojan
>virus (like most viruses!), this virus referred to as Deeyenda
>Maddick,
>performs a comprehensive search on your computer, looking for valuable
>information, such as email and login passwords, credit cards, personal
>inf., etc.
>
>The Deeyenda virus also has the capability to stay memory resident
>while running a host of applications and operation systems, such as
>Windows 3.11 and Windows 95. What this means to Internet users is
>that
>when a login and password are send to the server, this virus can copy
>this information and SEND IT OUT TO UN UNKNOWN ADDRESS (varies).
>
>The reason for this warning is because the Deeyenda virus is virtually
>undetectable. Once attacked your computer will be unsecure. Although
>it can attack any O/S this virus is most likely to attack those users
>viewing Java enhanced Web Pages (Netscape 2.0+ and Microsoft Internet
>Explorer 3.0+ which are running under Windows 95). Researchers at
>Princeton University have found this virus on a number of World Wide
>Web pagesand fear its spread.
>
>Please pass this on, for we must alert the general public at the
>security risks.
>
>
>
>
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