BVE: OT: VIRUS WARNING: W32/Mydoom

[Uwe Post]

I keep getting virus mails to my BVE related email addresses.
Be warned about this new tricky virus/worm. Update your antivirus software. Don't open email attachments if you are not 100 percent sure that they are not a virus. W32/Mydoom looks like this: "The message contains Unicode characters and has been sent as a binary attachment." DON'T OPEN THE ATTACHMENT.

Information about W32/Mydoom:

http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100983.htm

[damcox]

RE: OT: VIRUS WARNING: W32/Mydoom

http://www.the-siding.co.uk/bitsandbobs/virusinfo.htm

Damon Cox
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[Central trains]

RE: OT: VIRUS WARNING: W32/Mydoom

hi, got an email today from Mcafee i think warning me about this virus, Thanks Uwe for the update on a potential threat to everyone,

[Scouser]

RE: OT: VIRUS WARNING: W32/Mydoom

Hi all

Take care, myself and others have also recieved this email.

DO NOT OPEN any attachments you are not completely 100% sure about.

For the record mine was sent from <hotr@pl.net>.

Thanks for the advance warning to the group I spotted it and deleted it.

Regards

Derek

[J_Legrand]

RE: OT: VIRUS WARNING: W32/Mydoom

Thanks for the info.. Already got over 50 emails with this virus ONLY for today.. Yawn..

[damcox]

RE: OT: VIRUS WARNING: W32/Mydoom

A word of warning,
Try not to write out your e-maill address out in full on the net, always use a NOSPAM type tag ( damon@NOSPAMvirtual-rail.co.uk - remove NOSPAM ) or just use a hyperlink such as [link:homepage.ntlworld.com/frank.cox/damon/contact.htm|E-Mail Me,] using your E-Mail address as the link from a webpage.

Damon Cox
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[mailer_diablo]

RE: OT: VIRUS WARNING: W32/Mydoom

http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.novarg.a@mm.html

[womer_uk]

RE: OT: VIRUS WARNING: W32/Mydoom

Hi,

Just to say if you've posted on the offical BVE (Japanese) board you will probably be sent the virus with the title, "Mail Delivery System". (I have had 2 sent today). The other common subject headings are...

test
hi
hello
Mail Delivery System
Mail Transaction Failed
Server Report
Status
Error

Be Warned !

John

[SachaD]

RE: OT: VIRUS WARNING: W32/Mydoom

John,

I haven't posted on the official BVE (Japanese) board, yet I've had that virus along with the 'Mydoom' virus one heck of a lot over the last couple of days, but thankfully my ISP has got a virus guard on emails so they detected the virus in the messages before they've managed to get to my inbox (Norton AV would of picked these up anyway), just a pain in the arse when I've received over 40 emails today, and only one wasn't a virus x(

Sacha

[womer_uk]

RE: OT: VIRUS WARNING: W32/Mydoom

>I haven't posted on the official BVE (Japanese) board, yet
>I've had that virus along with the 'Mydoom' virus one heck
>of a lot over the last couple of days,

Yeah Sacha,

It is a pain, btw occording to the one of the BVE boards,the virus seems to originate from Australia, The Jap boards had this virus warning up at least 3 days before the ISP's took note in the UK!

PS... I note that no Yahoo board will now accept any messages with what I previously posted above in the message line.

John

[Martin Finken]

RE: OT: VIRUS WARNING: W32/Mydoom

If you have not protected your computer for 100% please search your system folder about the following file: shimgapi.dll.
Also you can search on the registery value about shimgapi
If you have found this file, please delete this emmediatly.
I hope. I can help you.
Up Today, 15 Virus Mail have arrived me, but I can blocked all.

greatings
Martin Finken

http://BVE-Train.de

[SteveGreen]

RE: OT: VIRUS WARNING: W32/Mydoom

Yesterday 35, today 40. out of those 3 were genuine e-mails, the rest virii.

Sacha I was going to e-mail you to say thanks for the stuff, got it yesterday.



Cheers
Steve

https://www.trainsimcentral.co.uk

https://www.bvetrains.co.uk

[TimHarvey]

RE: OT: VIRUS WARNING: W32/Mydoom

Normally I get only a few viruses by e-mail, but I've had Mydoom 617 times in the past 4 days
I see it spreads by Kazaa also... http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=mydoom

[womer_uk]

RE: OT: VIRUS WARNING: W32/Mydoom

Still getting them from japan,

coming from @nsvmj3.zaq.ne.jp,

with one of tagged, "mailer-daemon" tagged on the front

John

[damcox]

RE: OT: VIRUS WARNING: W32/Mydoom

Hi,
If it infects your computer, it will send itself to people in your contacts with your name as the author. Also can make it appear to be sent by someone in your contacts. This is how I got some other virus from Joshim Nur (Routemaster J)

It also can come from 4 random letters '@Helgain.de' with an attachment named imggrfs.scr, a screensaver file.

The latest version of {link:www.sophos.com|Sophos Anti-Virus] covers this. A new version of the checker is available every few weeks to months. Reccomended.

Damon Cox
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