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I can't seen to get my hands on the new def's either, keep getting the "your up to date message".

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If anyone feels lucky, Symantec just posted Beta def's for the new...

Symantec just posted some info on it Tebob1, check it out here.

They say the defs of January 28, 2004 will detect it, but they don't seem to mention how it will be detected. :confused:
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Looks like the first variant is on it's way. I just received this from Symantec.



DING....round two. :p

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Just to add to what Tiger said, this quote is from the Symantec site.



Now while it does say "may be spoofed", history teaches us that the new crop of viruses making the rounds use this...

Since midnight last night to right now, I have quarantined or block just under 2000 copies, not all that many when I compare it to Klez when it first started.

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Already posted above Chief ;)

MessageLabs first contact was from Russia.



MessageLabs

By the way, a removal tool has just been posted by Symantec.

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I suspect this is the contents of the zip file before the virus is stripped away.

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Tiger, are you saying that the virus dropped VNC on to the system?

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I think that's what I said :confused:



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Symantec does mention that it will bypass .edu accounts, but the McAfee writeup does not say anything about it. I don't think everybody has all the info. on this puppy yet, hell I don't even think...

Symantec just issued a new Category 3 Virus alert. The name of the virus is W32.Novarg.A@mm and while the information on it is a little thin, you can read about it here:
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