The email sent to the ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org list with the subject
Snowhite and the Seven Dwarfs - The REAL story!
contains the W95/Hybris.PI.003 virus in its dwarf4you.exe attachment.
If opened, it will attack Windows systems. Some Windows systems may
open this email automatically and execute this executable automatically,
triggering the virus.
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protected by our Linux-based Enterprise Adaptive Firewall and Virus Filter,
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"Your expert in Firewalls, Virus and Spam Filters, VPNs,
Network Monitoring, and Network Security"
bob@verysecurelinux.com (e-mail)
Author,
"Real World Linux Security: Intrusion Detection, Prevention, and Recovery"
2nd Ed., Prentice Hall, October 24, 2002, 848 pages, ISBN: 0130464562
Author,
"Real World Linux Security: Intrusion Detection, Prevention, and Recovery"
Prentice Hall, November 2000, 700 pages
http://www.verysecurelinux.com [Linux/Unix & Network Security Consulting]
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pub 1024D/E3A1C540 2000-06-21 Bob Toxen book@verysecurelinux.com
Key fingerprint = 30BA AA0A 31DD B68B 47C9 601E 96D3 533D E3A1 C540
sub 2048g/03FFCCB9 2000-06-21