WAY OT--[Fwd: Anna Kournikova Virus Fix]

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 12224

This is entirely off-topic, but since I received at least six messages
with this virus, I thought a few of you might be interested in the fix.
I asked the sender to make sure it was legit.

--Amanda

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: RE: FW: Anna Kournikova Virus Fix
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 17:12:31 -0600
From: Michael Seminara <Michael.Seminara at otlcorp.com>
To: "'Amanda Lewanski'" <editor at texas.net>

You are getting, or simply ARE paranoid. BEHIND YOU!!!!  Seriously, this
is
a "fix" in case somhow you had succesfully opened the attachement ot the
"virus: letter.  it is all legit, and executed by Gambrinus Corp's own
Compu-geek.
M

-----Original Message-----
From: Amanda Lewanski [mailto:editor at texas.net]
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 3:08 PM
To: Michael Seminara
Subject: Re: FW: Anna Kournikova Virus Fix


Okay, is *this* one legit? What a great virus, sending a "fix" after a
dummy
virus message, getting you to open the .exe that's the *real* virus...

or am I getting paranoid?

--Amandoid

Michael Seminara wrote:

> >  -----Original Message-----
> > From:         Rick Boynton
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 10:19 AM
> > Subject:      Anna Kournikova Virus Fix
> >
> > Symantec (Norton) has issued an antivirus solution which we have now
> > applied to our email server. This fix should preclude further forwarding
> > of the email virus which hit yesterday. Several of our users
inadvertently
> > opened the attachment which triggered an "avalanche" of virus-infected
> > messages.
> >
> > Though our server will prevent further spreading, we must now rid the
> > virus from the computers where it was launched from. We have developed a
> > small program which will remove the virus from the Windows registry as
> > well as removing any Visual Basic Script (VBS) files from the local
> > computer. Even if you did not open the virus, it is safe to run this
> > program. Please follow the instructions below to remove the virus from
> > your computer:
> >
> > 1. Delete any messages remaining in your inbox which has the virus
> > attachment.
> > 2. Go to your deleted items folder and remove (at least) those messages.
> > 3. Copy the attached file to your desktop. Do this by clicking on the
> > attachment paper clip and selecting to save to disk. Save it to your
> > computer desktop.
> > 4. Close any open programs, including Outlook.
> > 5. Double click on the icon to start it. The process should take ~3
> > minutes or so.
> > 6. When the program has completed, a "Finish" button will appear. Click
it
> > to close the program.
> > 7. Delete the icon from the desktop.
> >
> > Please call the Help Desk if you have questions regarding this
procedure.
> >
> >
> > ...Rick
> > Help Desk Support
> >
> >  <<RemoveAnna.exe>>
> >
>
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>                      Name: RemoveAnna.exe
>    RemoveAnna.exe    Type: unspecified type (application/octet-stream)
>                  Encoding: base64