[2657] in peace2
Re: previous e-mail about "your account"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (diana@ocean.mit.edu)
Mon Aug 11 18:01:59 2003
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 17:55:22 -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id: <200308112155.h7BLtMbc011967@slough.mit.edu>
From: diana@ocean.mit.edu
To: peace-announce@MIT.EDU, suzanne@MIT.EDU
Cc: spiegel@MIT.EDU
Yes, recent emails From: admin@mit.edu Subject: your account
contain a virus attachment which affects PC's.
DO NOT OPEN
See email below from Jerry Isaacson at MIT Information Security Office
>Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 15:25:36 -0400
>Subject: previous e-mail about "your account"
>From: Suzanne Nguyen <suzanne@MIT.EDU>
>To: peace-announce@MIT.EDU
>
>In case you didn't already know, don't open the attachment. It's probably a
>virus. In any case it's just plain weird. I've been getting the same mail
>via other lists.
>
>Suzanne
>To: mitvirus@mit.edu
>Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 19:12:18 -0400
>From: Gerald I Isaacson <gii@MIT.EDU>
>Subject: [Mitvirus] W32/Mimail@mm virus (PC)
>
>This virus was released today and begins with the following:
>-------------------------
>From: Admin (ADMIN@your_doamin) [Note: the domain can be MIT here]
>Subject: your account %user%
>Importance: High
>
>Hello there,
>
>I would like to inform you about important information regarding your
>email address. This email address will be expiring. Please read
>attachment for details.
>----------------------------
>This e-mail grabber and mass mailer can be detected and cleaned using
>the 4282 DAT files.
>
>For details about the virus see:
>
>http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100523.htm
>
>Jerry Isaacson
>MIT Information Security Office
