Re: [Micronet] "Navidad" or Barcode icon = Virus?

From: Shannon Thorn (sthorn@uclink4.berkeley.edu)
Date: Wed Nov 08 2000 - 09:05:04 PST

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    Hello,

    Perhaps this is the one?

    http://vil.nai.com/vil/dispvirus.asp?virus_k=98881

    Thanks for the heads up!

    Shannon

    At 07:57 AM 11/8/00 -0800, David JL Rieger wrote:
    >Good Day,
    >
    >I have a user who opened an attachment on her computer that, he reports
    >(this is a home box), launched a button in Spanish saying something to the
    >effect "do not push the dos button". They had an eyeball icon on the
    >attachment (they're using Eudora). Three things then happened.
    >
    >1.) They received a "gray box" message from our computer saying that it
    >could not access our applications, because it could not find the
    >"winsvrc.exe" file
    >2.) An eyeball icon appeared in the bottom righthand corner of the screen
    >3.) They saw the Spanish language message.
    >
    >They cannot access their applications. They can still access their web
    >however. They, however, continue to get the "gray box" message.
    >
    >I had the user check their attachment directory to see what files were
    >recently received there and I was told there is a "navidad" file as well
    >as a file that appears iconographically as a bar-code.
    >
    >All my searches with anti-virus intelligence sources has not come up with
    >anything but this email originated in Morocco via France. Has any body
    >heard of something like this? Or could this be something new or something
    >isolated that unintendedly had these consequences?
    >
    >Thank you for your input.
    >
    >Best Regards,
    >
    >David Rieger
    >
    >
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