The following appears to be a valid virus alert. For additional info, see:
http://www.mcafee.com/viruses/explorezip.pak/
As far as I am aware it has not yet passed through angelman-l@....
If you have any questions about this, please contact me privately at
dharvey@....
Dan Harvey
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W32/ExploreZip.worm.pak is a new, compressed variant of the original
W32/ExploreZip.worm. AVERT has assessed it as a high-risk threat,
approaching outbreak levels! It reproduces itself by sending replies to
incoming email messages, with itself as an attachment called
"zipped_files.exe".
It includes a payload: it will search the user's mapped drives and
overwrite all files of types .c, .cpp, .asm, .doc, .xls, .ppt. to zero Kb.
IMPORTANT - If you receive an email with the message "I received your email
and I shall send you a reply ASAP. Till then, take a look at the attached
zipped docs.", DELETE IT IMMEDIATELY! It will have an attachment called
"zipped_files.exe"; DO NOT DOUBLE-CLICK OR RUN THIS ATTACHMENT! If you do,
it will infect your system!
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Dan Harvey
Father of Matthew (4, AS), Jay (8) and Michelle (10)
San Diego, CA, USA
ASF board member
http://www-chem.ucsd.edu/asf/
http://chem-faculty.ucsd.edu/harvey/AS_info.html