Virus Alert
W32.Goner.A@mm
W32.Goner.A@mm is a mass-mailing worm that is written in Visual Basic. The worm has been compressed using a known Portable Executable (PE) file compressor. The worm can spread its infection using the ICQ network as well as by email using Microsoft Outlook. If IRC is installed, this worm can also insert mIRC scripts that will enable the computer to be used in Denial of Service (DOS) attacks. This virus was released December 4, 2001.
Subject of email: Hi
Email message:
How are you ?
When I saw this screen saver, I immediately thought about you
I am in a harry, I promise you will love it!
Name of attachment: Gone.scr
Size of attachment: 38,912 bytes
For more information on this virus, please click below:
http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.goner.a@mm.html
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