TO:  JGS Faculty

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>Date:         Mon, 28 Jan 2002 09:46:54 -0600
>Reply-To: Rick Russell <rickr@rice.edu>
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>From: Rick Russell <rickr@is.rice.edu>
>Organization: Rice University Information Technology
>Subject:      Virus Alert: "My Party"
>To: ALLDEPTS@listserv.rice.edu
>
>Hi all,
>
>Please be on the lookout for a new virus dubbed "My Party". It's a very
>typical mass-mailing virus that sends itself to all of your Outlook/Outlook
>Express address book contacts as soon as you open the attachment. Obviously,
>you should not open the attachment. Simply delete the e-mails. Details:
>
>The My Party Worm
>-----------------
>
>Virus Name: My Party
>             W32/MyParty@mm, I-Worm.Myparty
>
>Systems affected: PC systems with Windows only;
>                   Mac and UNIX are not affected
>
>Method of propagation: The attachment is a program which sends itself
>                        to addresses in your Outlook/Outlook Express
>                        address book.
>
>Risk to Rice Campus: Minor. Virus does not destroy data, it just propagates.
>
>Identification:
>
>Look for messages with header fields similar to the following:
>
>   Subject:    new photos from my party!
>   Attachment: www.myparty.yahoo.com
>
>and body text:
>
>   Hello!
>
>   My party... It was absolutely amazing!
>   I have attached my web page with new photos!
>   If you can please make color prints of my photos. Thanks!
>
>
>More information:
>
>http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_99332.htm
>
>http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.myparty@mm.html
>
>http://www.datafellows.com/v-descs/myparty.shtml
>
>--
>** Rick Russell  **  rickr@rice.edu  **  x5267  **  Mudd 106D   **
>** IT Problem Dispatcher: Engineering, Sciences, Business Serv. **

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