Advisory Notice: I-Worm.Magistr, PE_MAGISTR.A, W32.Magistr@mm Virus

From: Jeffrey_Korte/HR/FCNB/Spgla@private
Date: Mon Aug 06 2001 - 17:08:02 PDT

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    Just to advise you that the I-Worm.Magistr, PE_MAGISTR.A, W32.Magistr@mm
    virus is active again.
    
    OVERVIEW
    W32.Magistr.24876@mm  is a virus that has email worm capability. It is also
    network  aware. It infects Windows Portable Executable (PE) files, with the
    exception  of .dll system files, and sends email messages to addresses that
    it  gathers from the Outlook/Outlook Express mail folders (.dbx, .mbx), the
    sent  items file from Netscape, and Windows address books (.wab), which are
    used  by  mail  clients  such  as  Microsoft  Outlook and Microsoft Outlook
    Express,.  The  email  message may have up to two attachments, and it has a
    randomly generated subject line and message body.
    
    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
    For additional information please visit:
    http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.magistr.24876@private
    
    Regards,
    Jeffrey B. Korte,
    Information and Physical Security Manager
    FirstConsumers National Bank
    Voice: 503.520.8398
    Fax: 503.520.7941
    Pager: 503.921.3105
    
    The information contained in this E-mail message may be privileged,
    confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended
    recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying is strictly
    prohibited.
    



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