Our firewall determined the e-mails containing worm copies are being
sent from your computer.
Nowadays it happens from many computers, because this is a new virus
type (Network Worms).
Using the new bug in the Windows, these viruses infect the computer
unnoticeably.
After the penetrating into the computer the virus harvests all the
e-mail addresses and sends the copies of itself to these e-mail
addresses
Please install updates for worm elimination and your computer
restoring.
Best regards,
Customers support service
Attachments Attachment scanning provided by:
Files:
Update_KB8875_x86.exe (151k)
Of course, this wasn’t in my yahoo bulk mail folder, so like a complete moron I downloaded it. Now my avast e-mail provider is going crazy, it pops up a new screen every few seconds.
The box from Avast reads:
Suspicious message.
There are too many identical e-mails in appointed time
Sender: "xxx
Recipient: xxx
Subject: let’s goThere are too many identical e-mails in appointed time
At the bottom it gives two options: Continue or don’t send.
Well avast is able to see the multiple emails being sent but not the trojan spambot that is generating them. Your firewall should also have stopped unauthorised internet access, what is your firewall ?
If you haven’t already got this software (freeware), download, install, update and run it, preferably in safe mode, Ewido anti-spyware If using winXP. or a-Squared free if using win98/ME.
The Ewido found Wom.Warezov.y. Labeled as a high risk. I see that the thread right below this one has some info on this, so I’m going to follow all of those steps as well.
I have the identical problem. I noticed you mention that the firewall should have stopped unauthorized access. I use Windows Firewall, as well as a router, should I be using something else?
Windows XP’s firewall is better than no firewall but, it lulls you into a false sense of protection, it doesn’t provide outbound protection.
Whilst the windows XP firewall is usually good at keeping your ports stealthed (hidden) it provides no outbound protection and you should consider a third party firewall.
Any malware that manages to get past your defences will have free reign to connect to the internet to either download more of the same, pass your personal data (sensitive or otherwise, user names, passwords, keylogger retrieved data, etc.) or open a backdoor to your computer, so outbound protection is essential.