Virus Advisory

[Lindaloo]

W32/Zafi.b@MM is a Medium Risk mass-mailing worm that spreads via email and peer-to-peer applications.

When spreading via email, the worm will both spoof the sender's From address and send itself out in different languages depending on the top level domain of the recipient's email address. For example, if the address ends in .COM, the virus's email body will appear in English. If the address ends in .DE, the email will appear in German.

The worm also attempts to cripple anti-virus and firewall software installed on a user's system by locating and overwriting a user's security software with copies of itself. Furthermore, the worm will attempt to thwart manual detection by terminating key Windows processes.

Up-to-date McAfee VirusScan users with DAT 4366 are protected from this threat.

[bfez1]

Thanks for the heads up, Linda!!!

[azsnowman]

My Norton has caught this "3" times in the past day....I've got it set to update Norton everyday now! Thanks Linda!

Dennis

[Lindaloo]

You two are very welcome.

[GalvestonDuck]

Thank ya, Linda! I hadn't heard about this until now. Running my backup security programs now, checking for anything.

[Rainband]

Thanks Budet. I got an email about that from Mcafee..although I erased Mcafee after I got my puter

[stormraiser]

Thanks Linda. I don't get on much anymore, so I value these little warnings

[Stephanie]

Thanks Lindaloo! Norton has updated my PC a couple of times recently so I'm assuming that this is one of the things it's protecting me against.

We miss you too Anthony!

[Skywatch_NC]

Thank you for the heads-up, Linda!

The computer my Dad and I use has been acting kinda funky since late yesterday afternoon...but after he got home from work today he did something to it...it acts normal now thankfully!

Our Norton updates every Friday night.

Eric

[ColdFront77]

I'm still not sure why my Norton Antivirus program list doesn't update either manually or via the popup window.

I downloaded and installed the new files from the Norton Antivirus website twice; both times the updates were for the exact same day.

[Aquawind]

I'm still not sure why my Norton Antivirus program list doesn't update either manually or via the popup window.

I downloaded and installed the new files from the Norton Antivirus website twice; both times the updates were for the exact same day.

Hey, What version of Norton is it? Is it a bundled package?

[Guest]

W32/Zafi.b@MM is a Medium Risk mass-mailing worm that spreads via email and peer-to-peer applications.

When spreading via email, the worm will both spoof the sender's From address and send itself out in different languages depending on the top level domain of the recipient's email address. For example, if the address ends in .COM, the virus's email body will appear in English. If the address ends in .DE, the email will appear in German.

I think that is what has been haunting my e-mail server the past month. I would receive subjects like "mail failure...". The neat thing about MS Outlook is that about 80% of the time, it denies me access to the attachment which is designated as "Potentially harmful and dangerous". Even when it does not block it, I don't open the attached .zip file. These files find their way to the delete bin fairly quickly!

Thanks Linda! I have been hoping someone would give information on this worm.

[ColdFront77]

I'm still not sure why my Norton Antivirus program list doesn't update either manually or via the popup window.

I downloaded and installed the new files from the Norton Antivirus website twice; both times the updates were for the exact same day.

Hey, What version of Norton is it? Is it a bundled package?

I don't know if it is bundled or not. I don't believe I have had it a year yet.

Installations from the downloads are apparently working.

[Aquawind]

Clicking on the icon down by your clock or the shortcut on your desktop will open the program and tell you the year/version.

It will also list the Virus Definitions with the date of the last update.

The Subscription Service will tell you how long you can get updates.

Just so the updates are taking and it can complete a full system scan things should be fine..



The latest is Norton Antivirus 2004..its came out in September of 2003..it does have a major slowdowns/quirks with older Pentium II machines in particular..

Antivirus 2003 is supported for 2 years.. before the Subscription runs out you will be prompted to extend the subscription for like $20 or upgrade to the new version of course..

Actually my subscription for 2003 runs out this week..I really wanna wait till 2005 comes out this fall but that is taking a big chance these days..

Get Professional Edition if you have 2 PCs it has a 2 user license and is cheaper than buying 2 Standard Editions..