Fwd: VIRUS ALERT - Matcher.exe

[Karen Reardon <karen.reardon@YALE.EDU>]

Please read the below, do not click on this attachment.

-kmr

>From: its.communication@yale.edu
>To: <itscomm2@yale.edu>
>Subject: VIRUS ALERT  -  Matcher.exe
>Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 15:16:48 -0400
>
>VIRUS ALERT  -  Matcher.exe e-mail based computer worm/virus
>
>----------------------------
>
>TOPIC: Virus Alert
>
>TIME OCCURRED: 4/18/01 2:45:00 PM
>
>TOPIC: Virus Alert
>TIME OCCURRED: 4/18/01
>TO: ITS
>Super User Group - Central Campus
>Support Teams - Central Campus
>
>* * * ACTIVE VIRUS WARNING * * *
>
>There is currently a virus that is making its way around the Internet. As
>of this writing, there are may currently no detection capabilities or
>fixes from any of the anti-virus vendors, but they are working on it.
>
>People are receiving e-mail messages with a file attachment named
>matcher.exe . Do not click on this attachment, it is an executable binary
>program which runs on Windows PCs.
>
>The e-mail message will usually have the subject  Matcher  and the
>message:
>
>  Want to find you love mates!!! Try this its cool... Looks and Attitude
>Matching to opposite sex.
>
>The executable does not appear to be destructive, but --if run-- the
>matcher.exe  program will use Microsoft Outlook to send e-mail to everyone
>in the Microsoft Outlook  address book  and will continue to send out
>e-mail to everyone in the Outlook  address book  at regularly scheduled
>intervals -- potentially slowing down and even overwhelming e-mail
>systems.
>