[36060] in Hotline Meeting
Virus Alert...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (emychen@MIT.EDU)
Wed Dec 4 22:25:26 1996
From: emychen@MIT.EDU
To: hotline@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 1996 22:25:22 EST
Hi,
I just thought that you might want to take a look.
-Emy
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>**********VIRUS ALERT**********
>> VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION--PLEASE READ
>If you open an attached file to an e-mail, the attachment itself may
>contain a virus, even though you may not get a virus from the e-mail
>itself. The attachment may be, rather than a document, a self
>extracting exe.file.
> >
>>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
>>receive anything like this, DO NOT DOWNLOAD THE FILE. It has a virus
>that
>>rewrites the hard drive, obliterating anything on it. Please be
>careful and
>>
>>share this message with others.
>>
>>
>>Please read the FCC warning below:
>>
>> 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 log-in passwords, credit cards,
>personal
>>info., 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
>log-in and
>>
>>password are sent to the server, this virus can copy this information
>and
>>SEND IT OUT TO UNKNOWN ADDRESSES (varies).
>>
>>The reason for this warning is because the Deeyenda virus is virtually
>
>>undetectable. Once attacked, your computer will be insecure.
> 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 pages and fear its
>
>>spread.
>>
>>
>>
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