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ot up in smoke (an interesting new virus)

updated sun 15 jul 01

 

Janet Kaiser on sat 14 jul 01


Before it strikes us all, be warned. Given the interest
in both subjects(?!) it could proliferate a good deal
faster than talk of dwarfs or tennis stars...

Up in Smoke
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PE_MARI.A is currently spreading in-the-wild, via
Microsoft Outlook.

It arrives in an email with the subject line "Hi" and
the attachment SYSTEM32.EXE. Upon execution, this virus
drops a copy of itself as SYSTEM32.EXE in the Windows
directory. It remains memory resident and displays the
icon of a marijuana leaf on the taskbar. Clicking on
the leaf icon displays a message box with a political
message about legalizing marijuana.

For additional information about PE_MARI.A, please
visit Trend Micro at:
http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.as
p?VName=PE_MARI.A

This does not appear to have a harmful payload, but
could be embarrassing or a nuisance?

Janet Kaiser
The Chapel of Art . Capel Celfyddyd
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