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New E-Mail Virus Warning - Palyh.A

Posted: 19th May, 2003 By: MarkJ
Popular anti-virus firm Central Command has issued another online e-mail virus (worm) warning, this time for an infection known as Palyh.A. First detected yesterday, it infects MS Windows systems and replicates itself to those in your address book:

Worm/Palyh.A is an Internet worm that spreads through e-mail by using addresses it collects in the files with the following extensions, .dbx, .eml, .htm, .html, .txt, and .wab.

The worm may arrive in via email in the following format:

From: support@microsoft.com
Subject: (it will contain one of the following)

- Your Password
- Screensaver
- Re: Movie
- Your details
- Approved (Ref: 38446-263)
- Re: Approved (Ref: 3394-65467)
- Cool screensaver
- Re: My details
- Re: My application
- Re: Movie

Attachment: (it will contain one of the following)

- movie28.pif
- application.pif
- ref-394755.pif
- approved.pif
- doc_details.pif
- your_details.pif
- screen_temp.pif
- screen_doc.pif
- password.pif

If executed, the worm copies itself in the \windows\ directory under the filename "mscon32.exe".
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