Please, send this information to every person in your address book. If you receive an e-mail that reads "upgrade internet2" do not open it, as it contains an executable named "perrin.exe." It will erase all the data in your hard drive and it will stay in memory. Every time that you upload any data, it will be automatically erased and you will not be able to use your computer again. This information was published yesterday in the CNN web site. This is a very dangerous virus. To this date, there is no known anti virus program for this particular virus please, forward this information to your friends, so that they will be on the alert. Also check the list below, sent by IBM, with the names of some e-mails that, if received, should not be opened and must be deleted immediately, because they contain attached viruses. This way your computer will be safe. The titles are:
1) buddylst.exe
2) calcu18r.exe
3) deathpr.exe
4) einstein.exe
5) happ.exe
6) girls.exe
7) happy99.exe
8) japanese.exe
9) keypress.exe
10) kitty.exe
11) monday.exe
12) teletubb.exe
13) The Phantom Menace
14) prettypark.exe
15) UP-GRADE INTERNET2
16) perrin.exe
17) I love You
18) CELCOM Screen Saver or CELSAVER.EXE
19) Win a Holiday (e-mail)
20) JOIN THE CREW O PENPALS
21) HaHaHa@sexyfun.net. This e.mail references
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
New_Napster_Site.DOC.
Pics.ZIP.
images.pif
README.TXT.
news_doc.
searchURL
SETUP.pif Card.pif
hamster.ZIP.
YOU_are_FAT!.TXT
Me_nude.AVI.pif
Sorry_about_yesterday.DOC.pif
s3msong.MP3.pif
Humor.TXT.pif
fun.pif
docs.scr
virus is called Matcher, w32/Matcher@mm, or troj_matcher.a ,\
McAfee has given it a 'medium' risk assessment. For full details, look here: http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=99072&
Basically, the virus arrives in an email with the following text:
Subject: Matcher
Body: Want to find your love mates!!! Try this its cool... Looks and Attitude Maching to opposite sex.
Attachment: Matcher.exe Once again, do not open these e-mails and pass this information on To your friends as soon as possible
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