VBS Virus
Virus Alert: Mass Mailing VBS Virus a Low Risk
Anti-virus software and services vendor Trend Micro is reporting the appearance
of VBS_CIAN.C, a Visual Basic Script virus that arrives as a .DOC or .XLS attachment
on email.
The virus infects VBScript, .DOC, and .XLS files. It also drops multiple copies
of itself in the Windows and Windows System directories. In order to spread,
this VBS virus worm sends an email to all addresses listed in the Windows Address
Book (WAB) of its infected system. Here are the details of the email:
Subject: (Editor's note: Could be any of the following)
Here is that file
Important file
The file
Excel file
The file you wanted
Here is the file Message Body: The file I am sending you is confidential
as well as important; so don't let anyone else have a copy.
Attachment:
This VBS virus worm also spreads via peer-to-peer applications such as Grokster, ICQ, Edonkey2000, and Bearshare. To do so, it overwrites files with certain extensions in the shared folders of these applications and then appends a .VBS extension to the original file names. Find out what the extensions are here.
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