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Discovered a malicious redirect virus evidently resident on my VPN mail. Do not open any binary attachment to email with .zip or .exe extensions from unknown senders. Will post updates as information develops.

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

The virus/worm the user is mentioning is known as W32.Novarg.A (Symantec),
W32.MyDoom.A (McAfee/Sophos/CA), or W32.MiMail.R (Trend). All antivirus
vendors have released definitions that can detect and quarantine this
bugger. Please take the necessary steps to ensure your antivirus product is
updated with the latest signatures.

Symantec/Norton: http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/download.html
McAfee: http://download.mcafee.com/default.asp
Sophos: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/
Computer Associates (CA): http://support.ca.com
Trend: http://www.trendmicro.com/download/
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Neo [MVP Outlook]
Due to recent events in spam and malicious programs, all e-mails sent to
this account will be deleted w/out reading.

Discovered a malicious redirect virus evidently resident on my VPN mail.

Do not open any binary attachment to email with .zip or .exe extensions from
unknown senders. Will post updates as information develops.