[Fwd: virus warning pretty park]

[Cathy Morse <cmorse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

list members.
I got this info from my husband who keeps very current on viruses.
Cathy

rdmorse@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>
> there is a worm called pretty park which is distributed as an email
> attachment and is triggered when the user opens the mail and runs the
> program (note: the user has to actually do something stupid (or what i
> would consider stupid) in order to be hurt by this virus, i.e. they have to
> run the program.).
>
> in the end, pretty park doesn't appear to actually damage to the machine it
> infects (which would make the infection self limiting) so i guess i would
> place it in the nuisance category. procedures for disinfecting a user's
> system are available and norton will catch it on arrival as long as the
> signature files are current.
>
> a good rule of thumb is always: keep your signature files current and don't
> run anything new until it's been scanned.
>
> Regards, Robert
> e-Business/Parallel Sysplex, IBM Washington Systems Center, Gaithersburg,
> MD
> Intranet: rdmorse@ibmusm24 / Internet: rdmorse@xxxxxxxxxx /

> Quote of the day...
> "The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be lighted."
> Plutarch
>
> Cathy Morse <cmorse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on 01/05/2000 02:34:45 PM
>
> Please respond to cmorse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> To:   Robert Morse III/Gaithersburg/IBM@IBMUS
> cc:
> Subject:  virus warning from pienet
>
> Robert,
>
> Know anythiing about a virus called pretty park? It comes in in an
> e-mail.  One person reported it set off his virus protection program and
> another said it infected his computer  and e-mailed itself  to his
> enitre list?
>