[pct-l] New Virus: Matcher

[brick@fastpack.com (Brick Robbins)]

Brand new virus found today so you should update your virus definitions. The distribution hazard is "high" so you may get a few copies.

The PCT-L list software stops it so you can't get infected from list posts, but I've seen a bunch of activity from it today (hence this warning to the list...) Be careful out there.

Here is what Norton Anti Virus has to say
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.matcher.html
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W32.Matcher Discovered on: April 18, 2001

W32.Matcher is an executable that arrives via email. When executed, the
worm will email itself to everyone in the Microsoft Outlook Address book.
The worm will continue to send emails while the process is running in the
background.

Category: Worm
Infection Length: 28,672
Virus Definitions: April 18, 2001(to be released)

Threat Assessment: Medium
Wild:Medium
Damage:Low
Distribution: High

The worm arrives with the subject:

        Matcher

and in the body:

Want to find your love mates!!! Try this its cool... Looks and
Attitude Maching to opposite sex.

(Note the misspelling)

The attachment is:
matcher.exe
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Brick Robbins  

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