VIRUS ALERT

[Eric ELM]

I just heard on the news about a Virus from England. It is spreading like wild fire. The headings are Here it is, Here you go, and Here you are. There are these 3 different headings that if opened, affect the email program MS Outlook, so don't open these if you get them. I hope this helps save someone. :)

[LoneStarLawn]

ESPN just announced an email virus associated with Anna Kournikova. So any email with her name in the subject should not be opened.

[zimm4]

Thanks Eric, This is the first I have heard of this virus.

Kyle

[cclllc]

The tennis star virius shut nashville down today.

[plymouthvaliant73]

The virus comes as an attachment named ``AnnaKournikova.jpg.vbs'' and carries the message ``Hi: Check This!'' At least three subject lines have been identified: ``Here you have,'' ``Here you go'' and ``Here you are'' -- all followed by a smiley face.

[lawrence stone]

``Here you are''

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1209854&a=11295168&p=40822063&Sequence=0&res=high

[TJLC]

Lawrence, that virus might be worth getting.LOL

[Mid Rivers]

I would be suspicious of any ".vbs" file

[MIDSOUTH]

i'm with TJLC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[thelawnguy]

It is not a virus; it is a worm, and all it does is re-send itseld to everyone in your address book. The problem comes when you have say an office of 1500 employees with email and the worm starts replicationg itself and crashes the server due to the enormous volume of mail it generates.

Its a good policy to not open attachments from anyone you do not recognize.

[BRL]

This one got to my wife's work place. They (IT Department)have not been able to get their external E-mail system running for about 36 hours now. The funny thing is, after shutting everything down yesterday & telling their employees what to do about it, someone opened the attachment again this morning & they are shut down again.

Here's some more info from McAfee:
Method Of Infection
This script arrives as an email attachment which. Opening this attachment infects your machine. Once infected, the script attempts to mail itself to all recipients found in the Windows Address Book.

Removal Instructions
Use specified engine and DAT files for detection and removal. Delete any file which contains this detection.

Virus Information
Discovery Date: 8/14/00
Origin: Virus Creation Kit
Length: Varies
Type: Virus
SubType: VbScript
Risk Assessment: High


Aliases
Anna Kournikova, AnnaKournikova, VBS.VBSWG.J (CA), VBS/Anna, VBS/OnTheFly, VBS/SST, VBS/SST-A (Sophos), VBS/SST.A (Panda), VBS/VBSWG.J (F-Prot), VBS_Kalamar.a (Trend)

[Scott Campbell]

They have been talking about this nasty little bugger for the past couple of days around here. Indy has taken some hits from what I have heard on the news today. Also, I have been recieving some variations of an old virus lately. I don't know if you guy's ever heard of the "Snow White" virus that was going around not too long ago.

I do not remember the specifics of it, but I do remember getting some notices on it when it originally came out.

The advice is good though, if you do not reckognize the sender, don't open it. It's not worth the headache that could possibly follow.

[bob]

They should make some examples with these people who set these things loose on the internet. But , you rarely here about the punishment.