WILD Level Worm/Virus Warning... GET your Anti-Viruses SoftwareUpdated NOW!

[ats at longcoeur.com (Patrick Bureau)]

>From Symantec web site
<http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.novarg.a@mm.htm
l>

W32.Novarg.A@mm is a mass-mailing worm. The worm will arrive as an
attachment with a file extension of .bat, .cmd, .exe, .pif, .scr, or .zip. 

When the machine gets infected, the worm will set up a backdoor into the
system by opening TCP ports 3127 thru 3198. This will potentially allow a
hacker to connect to the machine and utilize it as a proxy to gain access to
it's network resources. In addition, the backdoor has the ability to
download and execute arbitrary files.

The worm will perform a DoS starting on February 1, 2004. On February 12,
2004 the worm has a trigger date to stop spreading.

Also Known As:  W32/Mydoom@MM [McAfee], WORM_MIMAIL.R [Trend] 
  
Type:  Worm 
Infection Length:  22,528 bytes 
  
Systems Affected:  Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, 
                   Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, 
                   Windows XP 
Systems Not Affected:  DOS, Linux, Macintosh, OS/2, UNIX, Windows 3.x

===

I have personally received and deleted 18 email of the type this morning,
thank god my Norton checks for updates everyday.

ATS - Patrick Bureau -  85 2L, 102.5 whp, 121 ft/lbs torque
Email : ats@longcoeur.com - Web site : http://ats.longcoeur.com
AIM: texasscirocco - Yahoo: atsgtx - ICQ: 32918816 - MSN: atsgtx@hotmail.com
1975, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81S, 82 and 86 coming soon!