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Re: Worm info



The worm was distributed to the list as uuencoded (Base 64) text but not as an

attachment, at least that's my mail reader interpreted it. It would not be a

threat in this form unless you explicitly copied the text and decoded it. You

should remove the offending code from the archive though.



Michael Stabin wrote:



> > W32/MyParty-A is a Windows 32 email-aware worm which arrives as an email

> with the

> > following characteristics:

>

> Yes, Norton also gives a description and a fix at

> http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.myparty.b@mm.htm

> l

>

> It appears to be a high distribution, low damage worm. I am still checking

> here on what did or did not go out with Radsafe messages. Although the

> original offender was removed from the list, his/her attempted distribution

> to the list may not have been malicious, as this is a worm that

> automatically sends itself through your e-mail directory once you have it.

>

> Mike

>