W32.NewApt.Worm virus information from Delanet.com

[David Cooley]

I believe this worm is actually ActiveX code embedded in the text of a 
message.  Supposedly this is the only one that can actually activate 
without an attachment being run.  Norton sent out a blurb about it several 
weeks ago.

At 02:41 PM 12/20/1999 +0000, you wrote:
>I believe I am the only DELANET customer on the list... I am
>presently updating my Norton AV and will notify you all if anything
>comes up or not.
>
>My ISP scans, and it was definetly from gm_ECM. I never open EXE's
>but some messages ask if I want to open as "regular text" or as
>"HTML" I always choose regular. I admin 45 PC's here at work (for now
>anyway... who knows after jan-1 :-(
>
>the message was trapped at delanet so its doubtful I have it, you
>should get updates to your virus scan packages before you scan.
>
>geeze I hope this isnt some marketing ploy arrangement between
>delanet and symantic :-{

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David Cooley N5XMT Internet: N5XMT at bellsouth.net
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We are Borg... Prepare to be assimilated!
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