From: Gordon J. Holtslander (holtsg@duke.usask.ca)
Date: 12/04/00-12:34:45 PM Z
Hi:
I just wanted to confirm this. The Prolin worm is a real virus. There
are lots of Outlook using on this list - so proceed with caution.
If any of the list subsribers get this virus it will likely be sent
through the list.
Gord
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Darryl Baird wrote:
> Sorry for the annoyance of a virus warning, but due to its source and
> involvement with images I thought I'd err on the side of preventative
> caution. This came directly from our IT support folks - they are
> competent to send out the warning.
>
> Cheers for a virus (of all kinds) free holiday. (One more week of
> classes and counting!)
>
> -Darryl Baird
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Please be aware of a new Outlook virus discovered Nov. 30th that
> is starting to spread...
>
> W32/ProLin@MM is an Internet worm that spreads via email.
> The email comes with an attachment named CREATIVE.EXE,
> which carries the icon of a Shockwave Media Player application.
> You may receive the email in this format:
>
> Subject = A great Shockwave flash movie
> Body = Check out this new flash movie that I
> downloaded just now ... It's Great Bye
> Attachment = creative.exe
>
> PLEASE DO NOT RUN THE ATTACHMENT!
>
> If you run CREATIVE.EXE, it finds and alters all .JPG and .ZIP files
> on your system and forwards a copy of itself to everyone in your
> email address book.
>
> For more information please read:
> http://vil.nai.com/vil/virusSummary.asp?virus_k=98909
>
> Thank you for your time,
> Jennifer Phillips
> ITS Helpdesk
>
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Gordon J. Holtslander Dept. of Biology
holtsg@duke.usask.ca 112 Science Place
http://duke.usask.ca/~holtsg University of Saskatchewan
Tel (306) 966-4433 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Fax (306) 966-4461 Canada S7N 5E2
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