Hope this helps!
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Over the last 2 days, viruses are being propagated over the Internet in a big way. It's hitting Realtor addresses hard, too. And it's "spoofing" valid email addresses, and seems to have gotten Realtor mailing lists. It's a major nuisance because it causes you to sit there killing off each email that your AntiVirus software identifies.
Here's an email with tips that might help:
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A new variant of W32/Sobig, W32/Sobig.f@MM is a High Risk mass-mailing worm. It arrives as an email attachment with a .pif or .scr extension. When run, it infects the host computer, then emails itself (using its own SMTP engine) to harvested email addresses from the victim's machine. In addition, when it propagates, the worm "spoofs" the "from: field", using one of the harvested email addresses.
Note: The worm copies itself onto the infected machine as:
C:\WINNT\WINPPR32.EXE
Caution: An infected email can come from addresses you recognize and may contain the following information:
WHAT TO LOOK FOR:
Subject: [content varies]
- Your details
- Thank you!
- Re: Thank you!
- Re: Details
- Re: Re: My details
- Re: Approved
- Re: Your application
- Re: Wicked screensaver
- Re: That movie
Body: [content varies]
- See the attached file for details
- Please see the attached file for details
Attachment: [content varies]
- your_document.pif
- document_all.pif
- thank_you.pif
- your_details.pif
- details.pif
- document_9446.pif
- application.pif
- wicked_scr.scr
- movie0045.pif
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Make sure you update your AV software with new virus signatures, at the very least. It's also a good idea to to setup your filters per the above rules.
HTH!
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Ruperto Elpusan Jr.
Bankers Realty
e-mail:
Ruperto@FineHomesInLA.com Beverly Hills-Malibu-Palos Verdes Real Estate Torrance/South Bay Real Estate
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