IF YOU DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE (CERTIFIED by VERISIGN) TO BE FROM MICROSOFT, BE AWARE THAT 2 BOGUS CERTIFICATES HAVE BEEN ISSUES TO A BOGUS (MICROSOFT) EMPLOYEE.
VeriSign, a security company who issues digital security certificates, recently announced that on January 29&30th they issued two certificates to an individual who fraudulently claimed to be a Microsoft representative. With these certificates, an individual could distribute software that appeared to be authentically verified from Microsoft, when in fact it is not. Such "authentication" could encourage users to install malware.
Visit:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/support/kb.asp?ID=293817
http://www.verisign.com/developer/notice/authenticode/index.html
000619-VIRUS ALERT:
IRC/Stages.worm - AVERT has raised the ARA for this Internet worm from LOW to HIGH based on the number of samples received.
This worm may arrive by email in the following format:
Subject: [P1]+[P2]+[P3]
Body: > The male and female stages of life.
Attachment: LIFE_STAGES.TXT.SHS
In the above, the subject line is variable, but limited to 12 possible combinations. P1, P2 & P3 are chosen from the list below.
IF YOU RECEIVE AN EMAIL WITH "Life stages", "Funny", "Jokes" and/or "text" IN THE SUBJECT LINE,
DO NOT OPEN. PLEASE CALL YOUR LOCAL SUPPORT TEAM
000527-VIRUS ALERT:
IF YOU RECEIVE AN EMAIL WITH "Resume - Janet Simons" IN THE SUBJECT LINE,
DO NOT OPEN. PLEASE CALL YOUR LOCAL SUPPORT TEAM
000504-VIRUS ALERT:
IF YOU RECEIVE AN EMAIL WITH "Iloveyou" IN THE SUBJECT LINE,
DO NOT OPEN. PLEASE CALL YOUR LOCAL SUPPORT TEAM
A computer virus that carries the message "Iloveyou" is disabling computer networks across the UK.
About 10% of UK businesses in all sectors are believed to have been affected and the House of Commons has shut down its network to prevent the spread of the bug.
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