Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A search of Symantec's virus encyclopedia on the word "Romeo" turned up the information that there is a worm with the alias Romeo & Juliet, attaching itself to addresses in the Outlook address book and being sent with them. Otherwise, it does no mischief. It is associated with a file called W32.Blebla.Worm (or similar, I forget all the details). It and the file W32.Blebla.Worm (or similar) should be found and deleted. Perhaps "our" attachment was incomplete, since my Antivirus Program failed to detect anything untoward. Julian - ----- Original Message ----- From: SonC (Sonny Carter) <SonC@sonc.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 10:25 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] attached file St, here in America, the news of virus consequences has frightened enough people that the mere suggestion of a possible virus has many of us scurrying to buy a newer, latest vaccine. The Millennium was a very good century for computer virus detecting software. I hear the companies are already gearing up for 3000. These days many of those who would create havoc don't even bother to write viruses any more, they just release scare hoaxes to the right people, and maybe attach a fake attachment to a few emails to get concern roaring. A quick search of Virus Myth's excellent pages http://www.vmyths.com and Symantec's http://www.symantec.com do not reveal any results for this virus. Google returned this reply: "Your search - romeo_juliet.exe.vbs - did not match any documents." Only return I found was from Trend Micro, http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/v irusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=ROMEO_JULIET who called romeo_juliet an alias of a file infector like hllp.5248 and twno.5248. They say the file is not "in the wild" Most returns of my internet searches discuss a couple of Italian teenagers in Verona, but I may have missed something. Regards, Sonny Carter (SonC) Cammie G. Henry Research Center Northwestern State University of Louisiana http://www.SonC.com - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stanislaw B.A. Stawowy" < watteau@krakow.neurosoft.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 8:18 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] attached file > Ohh, you damn lamers! > There isn't any file - just a line: "begin romeo_juliet.exe.vbs". > Oopslook misinterprets it. Frighened you enough? :) > ----- > St. > >