Fwd: MAJOR VIRUS ALERT

[The Land Is Ours]

>Reply-To: "Totnes Genetics Group" <info at togg.org.uk>
>From: "Totnes Genetics Group" <togg at freenetname.co.uk>
>To: "Luke Anderson" <luke at togg.freeserve.co.uk>
>Subject: MAJOR VIRUS ALERT
>Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 15:06:18 +0100
>Organization: Totnes Genetics Group
>X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200
>
>
>
>MAJOR EMERGENCY - ACT NOW
>
>We (ToGG) have just discovered that we have been hit by a nasty virus
>that could have arrived by email and may have been inadvertently sent out 
>again by email.
>
>YOU MUST DO THIS IMMEDIATELY or risk losing all information on your hard disk.
>
>We are told that the virus could activate at 6pm TODAY OCTOBER 1st.
>
>The virus we have found is called the KAK WORM and is liable to create files
>called KAK.HTM, 3C326180.HTA (can be any numeric string), KAK.REG and
>will also infect your AUTOEXEC.BAT
>
>ACTION:
>
>1. If you have an up-to-date virus checker, RUN IT NOW
>
>2. If you do not have a recent virus checker - or if in doubt - go to this
>web site <http://www.macafee.com>http://www.macafee.com  and sign up for 
>their FREE 10-DAY TRIAL
>
>3. When your application is confirmed (immediately by email) run the 
>ON-LINE VIRUS CHECKER
>which will detect the KAK worm if present. I have just done this myself 
>and it does delete some
>of the infected files and cleans autoexec.bat, but 2 files - KAK.REG and 
>3C326180.hta cannot be
>cleaned or deleted by the virus checker and MUST BE REMOVED manually.
>
>If you need confirmation of this message of further help,
>please call Phil on 07050 696 533
>
>PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE UNTIL YOU ARE
>SURE YOU HAVE REMOVED THIS VIRUS...
>
>If you do find it AND destroy it, please send a message with details so we 
>can attempt to find out where this virus came from.
>
><mailto:Phil at togg.org.uk>Phil at togg.org.uk
>
>
>
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