Ahhh the joys of working late.

This virus seems to be a bitch. We just got an email from the helpdesk (not sure which employee, since the helpdesk evening guy is sitting next to me and he didn't send it).

Anyways here's what it had to say

Virus Info!

The worm arrives attached to an e-mail with a variable Subject and message body. The attachment also uses a variable name and extension.

The Subject may be selected from a long list carried by the worm, or may consist of randomly-generated characters. Examples of possible Subjects include:

Server Report
Mail Delivery System
hi
status
hello
HELLO
Hi
test
Test
Mail Transaction Failed
Server Request
Error

The Message Body may be selected from a list carried by the worm, empty, or consist of randomly-generated, illegible garbage. An example of a Message Body used by the worm:

The message contains Unicode characters and has been sent as a binary attachment.
The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII encoding and has been sent as a binary attachment.

The Attachment name is chosen from a list carried by the worm, or may consist of randomly-generated characters. Examples of attachment names used by the worm:

Data
Readme
Message
Body
Text
file
doc
document

Attachments also use a variable extension. Extensions used by the worm for its attachment include .bat, .cmd, .pif, .exe, and .scr. The worm may also send itself as a .ZIP archive.
We're no longer allowed to open attachments at the college, until we hear back from our helpdesk. This thing sure seems to be spreading fast.


Peace,
HT

[EDIT]
Just got another email from the helpdesk, we are now blocking all attachments. This virus is being treated as damn serious.
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