Latest RASH of Spam with virus attached

[DougP]

I have been getting at least 30 to 40 of these a day for the last week.
They all have a .EXE or PIF or SCR attached. Now I have Outlook XP and it blocks the potentially hazardous attachment from doing anything. But is is getting on my nerves now and I want to find out what it is.
The emails are just different enough from one another to get by Outlook Rules and Junk mail filters. I add one and another one shows up. When I look at it the Subject is slightly different and who it is from is different and even who it is too. They are changing each time they come.

Is there a new Virus creating this? Am I getting Spammed. Does someone hate me only?

Anyone know?


DougP, MCP

 

[2ffat]

Without doing any analysis it is hard to say. It could be the Gibe (a.k.a. Swen , Automat) virus. Sophos has that as the number one virus spreading right now.


James P. Cottingham

When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity.
[tab][tab]Albert Einstein explaining his Theory of Relativity to a group of journalists.

 

[DougP]

2ffat,
Thanks for you FAST response.
How do I do analysis?

DougP, MCP

 

[2ffat]

Easiest is to see if the subject, message body, and/or attachment name match any known virii. Check out the various AV sites for their advisories which list the virii details.

You could also forward the suspected email (with attachment) to an AV company. Make sure they know you are forwarding it to them and not just trying to infect them.



James P. Cottingham

When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity.
[tab][tab]Albert Einstein explaining his Theory of Relativity to a group of journalists.