There was a post to BugTraq about this a couple days ago. Do NOT open the attachment. Here is a snippet from a BugTraq Post: Indeed folks should be careful - this would be the result of the mass-mail vector propagated by W32/Gibe@MM-infected systems. This virus (which incidentally drops a Trojan backdoor when it is activated) was identified by the various AV vendors last week. NAI - http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_99377.htm Symantec - http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.gibe@mm.html Sophos - http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32gibea.html F-Secure - http://www.europe.f-secure.com/v-descs/gibe.shtml Others - http://www.google.ca/search?q=W32%2FGibe@MM&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search&meta= Alex Arndt, GCIA On Wed, 2002-03-13 at 15:25, John (EBo) David wrote: > > I'm not trying to start another flame war, so please do not start... > > I was seriously wondering if everyone else is getting the following > message including the attachment. I've got 4 seperate copies in my > inbox, and got to thinking that I wonder if the attachment might > actually be a virus. It would be trivial for someone to attach a virus > and spoof the header and use that to ship/install a trojan/worm/virus. > > As I NEVER run any attachments except those from REALLY trusted > individuals, I thought I would ask what you all know of this one. Do > you really think this is lagit? > > EBo -- > > > Microsoft Customer, > > > > this is the latest version of security update, the > > known security vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer and > > MS Outlook/Express as well as six new vulnerabilities, and is > > discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-005. Install now to > > protect your computer from these vulnerabilities, the most serious of which > > could allow an attacker to run code on your computer. > > > > > > Description of several well-know vulnerabilities: > > > > ... > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Blake Barnett (bdb) Sr. Unix Administrator DevelopOnline.com office: 480-377-6816 Learning is a skill, you get better at it with practice.