[epub] Snow White Virus

[Stan <stan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For those interested about the possible starting point for the virus in 
their mailing list, I received this email from Intelliquis:


At 09:36 AM 12/22/00 +0000, you wrote:
>Dear Intelliquis Customers,
>
>On the evening of Dec. 19, 2000, Intelliquis began what seemed to be an 
>innocuous Christmas sales campaign involving our Web Site Traffic Builder 
>and Web Site Traffic Analyzer software products. To our dismay, an 
>individual or a group of individuals unknown to us decided to attack our 
>mail server with a virus. This virus compromised the security of our 
>customer e-mail list, sending the virus to everyone on the list.The virus 
>is known as the W95.hybris.gen virus and shows up as a spam mail involving 
>Snow White and the 7 dwarves. The virus then continue to spread itself as 
>people continued to reply to the mail list, sending messages back to all 
>members on the list.
>
>We sincerely apologize for any inconveniences situation may have caused. 
>To that end, we're currently taking steps to resolve the current problem 
>and to ensure that it won't happen again. The FBI is investigating the 
>origins of the virus, and we are making the following changes to help stop 
>the spread of the virus.
>
>At the present time, the Intelliquis mail list promolist@intelliquis.com 
>has been removed from the Intelliquis mail server and is no longer valid. 
>All other Intelliquis mail lists have been temporarily disabled to prevent 
>futher delivery of the virus. The email address webmaster@intelliquis.com 
>has  been temporarily set up as an auto-responder that will send out this 
>message. The e-mail address jd@intelliquis.com has been temporarily 
>disabled, and will not be reponding to any messages. It is our hope that 
>these actions will stop the further spread of this virus.
>
>To that end, we ask that you please help us in our efforts to stop the 
>spread of this virus.The first step to take is to NOT reply to this 
>e-mail, or any e-mail from the e-mail addresses above. This is one of the 
>ways the virus replicates itself. If you reply to the initial e-mail, the 
>virus is triggered again and will attach itself to your outgoing e-mails. 
>Please do not try to remove yourself from any Intelliquis lists at this 
>time, as our all our list agents have been disabled.
>
>Second, if you haven't done so already, scan your files with anti-virus 
>software to clean your system of the virus before you send out any 
>additional  e-mails. You may also want to update your virus software 
>before you scan to ensure you have the most complete protection available.
>
>Finally, if you are interested in finding out more about the Hybris virus, 
>the following links are provided:
>
>http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/w95.hybris.gen.html
>http://www.kaspersky.com/news.asp?tnews=1&nview=1&id=134&page=0
>http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=98873&;
>http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=TROJ_HYBRIS.B&VSect=T
>
>
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Intelliquis
>

Stan Daniloski
www.internet-trader.us-inc.com



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