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You do realize that the help.rr.com domain is only accessible to RoadRunner subscribers on their network right? This page is probably not going to help anyone that isn't on RoadRunner.
oops, well, that stinks, I guess. I'll just copy & paste the article then:
Quote:
Shockwave Virus Security Bulletin
Various sources have reports about a virus which is spread through an executable file contained in an e-mail. The virus is called 'W32/ProLin@MM', and is a high risk Internet worm that is received via e-mail in the following, or a similar format:
Subject: A great Shockwave flash movie
Body: Check out this new flash movie that I downloaded just now ... It's Great Bye
Attachment: creative.exe
The e-mail attachment may have any of the following file names:
The infected e-mail can come from addresses that you recognize. The e-mail will have an attached file named CREATIVE.EXE (or one of the names listed above) that carries the icon of a Shockwave Media Player application. When the attachment is opened, it finds and alters all .JPG and .ZIP files on your system, adding the suffix: "change atleast now to LINUX" and moves these renamed files to your root directory. The virus also sends a copy of itself to everyone in your Outlook e-mail address book.
Recommendations:
Just like all past virus/trojans scares, good Internet common sense practices will thwart the spread of this new worm. As always, clicking on any strange attachments sent from anyone, known or unknown, via e-mail or IRC is strongly discouraged. Road Runner strongly recommends that you immediately delete or filter any messages with the subject "A great Shockwave flash movie"
It is still strongly recommended that virus scanners be scheduled to auto update themselves on a weekly basis. Individuals who do not have the auto update feature configured in their virus scanner should immediately manually update their virus scanner.
Originally posted by r_jensen11 cmon, I was tempted to throw it into the regular General, but I dunno, it has SOMETHING to do with Linux....
Actually, really, it doesn't. Only if it mentions how all these viruses helps Linux exposure, cause to a Windows user who has never heard of Linux isn't going to think, "Hey, I'm going to start using Linux cause of these vulnerabilities", unless its maybe mentioned in a Windows security article like this one, etc.
I don't see how the virus itself mentioning this is going to convert people, I see it as more along the lines of hurting Linux's exposure.
They will think that users that use Linux write viruses to attack M$ computers possibly.
And also, there was no Linux technical question involved, so yeah, its more suitable in General.
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