Virus question???

[ThiemeMD]

I'm not sure if this is the correct forum for this or not...

I just received and e-mail from someone, (Who, BTW, I do not know), named "Hahaha" with an attachment named "dwarf4you.exe", and a message text with references to "Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs" and "a surprise for you".

Now, There is no way in h*** that I'm gonna open this message, as this immediately set off all kinds of lights and sirens in my head, but, the thing I'm concerned about is:

Why didn't Nortons Antivirus 2001, catch this? I've updated to the latest .DAT file.

But mostly, just out of a morbid curiosity, does anyone have any info on this worm/virus? If it is one?

Thanks
ThiemeMD

[big_block_buick]

you are right.i've seen posts about it...nortons might not catch it unless you have the email prog running.or if you click it..i think..i have only recieved one email virus and i knew it was there,so i clicked it.and that's when norton's caught it.

edit>http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/010724.html

[This message has been edited by big_block_buick (edited 01-15-2001).]

[ThiemeMD]

Never mind.... It is a known virus.
http://www.norton.com/avcenter/venc/data/w95.hybris.gen.html

Well, if nothing else, let this be a reminder to others to NEVER open e-mails or especially attachments from unknown contacts. (and keep your antivirus .DAT files up to date!)

ThiemeMD

[sharder8]

There's plenty of reading on this one!
http://google.yahoo.com/bin/query?p=%22dwarf4you.exe%22&hc=0&hs=0

That's why I use multiple Anti-Virus programs plus additional safeguards. I haven't had anything get through all of them yet, but I'm still careful about what I open.

1. I use ZoneAlarm set to watch over my e-mail.
2. I use Trend's PC-cillin.
3. I use Norton.
4. I use Eudora and have security set to shell any executable.

One AV program by itself doesn't seem to cut it any more and a multi-layer defense is the best.

Harder

[Biff]

My Nortons appz caught that right away, I was using Pc-cilan and it said all was fine. Maybe our "milage may vary" is due to hardware to application interaction as well as dat.file? Like it was said on above post - use a few AV programs!