Virus warning - which has just dropped in my mailbox from Norton

<div id="contentPane1"><div class="crumbs">Symantec.com &gt; Security Response &gt; Trojan.Peacomm </div><div class="twoColLftLft"><h1>Trojan.Peacomm</h1><h2>Risk Level 3: Moderate</h2><p class="cbMrgnLG txtLtGr">Printer Friendly Page </p><div id="tabModPane"><ul><li class="tabModOn">SUMMARY <li class="tabModOff">TECHNICAL DETAILS <li class="tabModOff">REMOVAL [/list]<div id="tabModBdy"><div>Discovered: January 19, 2007</div><div>Updated: January 22, 2007 04:04:42 PM GMT</div><div>Also Known As: CME-711 [Common Malware Enumeration], TROJ_SMALL.EDW [Trend Micro], Small.DAM [F-Secure], Downloader-BAI [McAfee], Troj/Dorf-Fam [Sophos]</div><div>Type: Trojan Horse</div><div>Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP</div>

Trojan.Peacomm is a Trojan horse that drops a driver program file to download additional security threats.

Trojan.Peacomm reportedly arrives as an attachment to a spammed email with the following characteristics:

Subject:
One of the following:

<ul>[*]A killer at 11, he's free at 21 and kill again! [*]U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has kicked German Chancellor Angela Merkel [*]British Muslims Genocide [*]Naked teens attack home director. [*]230 dead as storm batters Europe. [*]Re: Your text [*]Radical Muslim drinking enemies's blood. [*]Chinese missile shot down Russian satellite [*]Chinese missile shot down Russian aircraft [*]Chinese missile shot down USA aircraft [*]Chinese missile shot down USA satellite [*]Russian missile shot down USA aircraft [*]Russian missile shot down USA satellite [*]Russian missile shot down Chinese aircraft [*]Russian missile shot down Chinese satellite [*]Saddam Hussein safe and sound! [*]Saddam Hussein alive! [*]Venezuelan leader: &quot;Let's the War beginning&quot;. [*]Fidel Castro dead.[/list]
Attachment:
One of the following:

<ul>[*]FullVideo.exe [*]Full Story.exe [*]Video.exe [*]Read More.exe [*]FullClip.exe [*]GreetingPostcard.exe [*]MoreHere.exe [*]FlashPostcard.exe [*]GreetingCard.exe [*]ClickHere.exe [*]ReadMore.exe [*]FlashPostcard.exe [*]FullNews.exe[/list]
Note: Due to a substantial increase in activity, Symantec Security Response raised this threat to category 3 on January 22, 2007.

Further reading: Trojan.Peacomm: Building a Peer-to-Peer Botnet

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I recognise one of those subject titles as having appeared in my junk mail. Needless to say, it got deleted without even being opened. I didn't know about the virus though.

 

I never open any email with that sort of title/subject matter anyway

needless to say some cilly sunts do.</p>

I just thought it better to put it on here just in case.</p>

 

I know what you mean

Still, at least the title made a change from all the ones I get for fake Rolexes & Viagra!

 

I now have a....

Penis the size of an elephants trunk after using all the utensils and drugs that I get sent to my email addy.</p>

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weve had a warning, scared my wife a bit

we are a bit green re virusses and have sufferd in the past (compy wise that is lol

 

Are you on Norton? nt

 

yes, is this a problem?

paid £25 i think for the security, peace of ming, had avg and something else on old computor and it had more viruses than a hospital

 

Don't panic - its just a warning that Norton have sent out

They areparticularly bad at sending out warnings to **** you up.</p>

Do a system scan and see if everythings ok.</p>

99% of the time it is.</p>

 

cheers, how do i do a system scan please nt

 

Click on the Norton sign on your desktop and click full scan

Norton is very good at finding them and getting shut if you do have them

 

cheers again

appreciate the suggestion

 

Who actually opens exe files like that??? Seriously?

A randon e-mail lands in your inbox containing an executable file and then you think it's a good idea to open.

There's be no such thigns as virus if people stopped and thought for all of a second!

 

I got the same alert from NORTON but

the alert does not stop even when I went through live update!

 

I got the same alert from NORTON but

the alert does not stop even when I went through live update!