Hallmark E cards attack

[Stephen]

a bootable AV screen is probably going to be needed, you may find some
specific tools on mcaffe and symantec sites.

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 8:55 AM, Charles Jones
<charles.jones at ciscolearning.org> wrote:
> What all is involved in the fix? One of my co-workers apparently got his
> laptop zapped by it. From what he said it infects the winlogon.exe, so not
> only do you have to clean the virus from loading, but you have to replace
> the winlogin.exe with a known good copy.  What a pain. Personally I cannot
> believe that any mail filters still allow .exe file attachments, or that
> people would actually run a .exe file they received in email!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jamie Shackles
> To: plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us ; arnoldwilliams at cox.net ; ricky b
> ; Jill Bain ; Ricky Bezanson ; fernalena golding ; RUDY H ; Vince None ;
> Joey Prestia
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 8:21 PM
> Subject: Hallmark E cards attack
> I don't know if anyone else has been receiving these ehallmark postcards,
> but *don't open it*  I have been getting about 3 a day, but I saw them for
> what they were worth, and have not opened them.  My parents, on the other
> hand, did open it and it took a good 3 hours to fix the computer.  Nasty
> nasty virus!
>
> ~ Jamie
>
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Stephen