To: ALL From: Ted Kochanski Re: "Deeyenda" E-MAIL Virus ALERT #: 2456 S0/CompuServe Mail [MAIL] 20-Dec-96 20:23 EST Sb: Virus Alert Fm: Art Ellingsen > INTERNET:artell@ix.netcom.com To: Robert M. Avallone [70733,1707] Dear ALL: I apologize if I happen to send this two you more than once. If so it was not intentional. I received this warning from a reliable software vendor and thought I would pass it on to you and wish you a Merry Christmas too. **********************VIRUS ALERT************************************ VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ! There is a computer virus that is being sent across the Internet. If you receive an E-Mail message with the subject line "Deeyenda", DO NOT read the message, DELETE it immediately! Some miscreant is sending E-Mail under the title "Deeyenda" nationwide, if you get anything like this DON'T DOWNLOAD THE FILE! It has a virus that rewrites your hard drive, obliterates anything on it. Please be careful and forward this E-Mail to anyone you care about. Please read the message below. FCC WARNING!!!!! -----DEEYENDA PLAGUES INTERNET The Internet community has again been plagued by another computer virus. This message is being spread throughout the Internet, including USENET posting, E-MAIL, and other Internet activities. The reason for all the attention is because of the nature of this virus and the potential security risk it makes. Instead of a destructive Trojan virus (like most viruses!), this virus referred to as Deeyenda Maddick, performs a comprehensive search on your computer, looking for valuable information, such as E-Mail and login passwords, credit cards, personal inf., etc. The Deeyenda virus also has the capability to stay memory resident while running a host of applications and operation systems, such as Windows 3.11 and Windows 95. What this means to Internet users is that when a login and password are send to the server, this virus can copy this information and SEND IT OUT TO UN UNKNOWN ADDRESS (varies). The reason for this warning is because the Deeyenda virus is virtually undetectable. Once attacked your computer will be unsecured. Although it can attack any O/S this virus is most likely to attack those users viewing Java enhanced Web Pages (Netscape 2.0+ and Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0+ which are running under Windows 95). Researchers at Princeton University have found this virus on a number of World Wide Web pages and fear its spread. Please pass this on, for we must alert the general public of the security risks. Steven Chevalier Vice President Distribution VersaNet International ******************************** Art Ted *************************************************************************** Ted Kochanski, Ph.D. Sensors Signals Systems --- "Systematic Solutions to Complex Problems" http://www.sensorsys.com e-mail tpk@sensorsys.com phone (617) 861-6167 fax 861-0476 11 Aerial St., Lexington, MA 02173 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe from this list, send a letter to: Majordomo@ai.mit.edu In the body of the message, write: unsubscribe dcsb Or, to subscribe, write: subscribe dcsb If you have questions, write to me at Owner-DCSB@ai.mit.edu