FWD: EMERGENCY VIRUS ALERT - W32/Goner at MM

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** EMERGENCY VIRUS ALERT - W32/Goner at MM ** 
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McAfee.com has seen an OUTBREAK of computers infected with 
W32/Goner at MM, also known as Pentagone, Goner or Gone. This 
is a NEW, HIGH RISK virus that spreads via Microsoft Outlook 
email and ICQ instantmessaging programs. This mass-mailing 
worm will arrive from someone you know with the following 
email message: 

Subject: Hi 

Body: How are you ? 

When I saw this screen saver, I immediately thought about you 
I am in a harry, I promise you will love it! 


Attachment: GONE.SCR 

Goner has a DESTRUCTIVE PAYLOAD. When the attachment is 
opened, it will look for a variety of anti-virus, firewall 
and other security programs and attempt to delete them, 
along with ALL FILES in the same directory. This worm 
will also place a trojan, REMOTE32.INI, on the system, which 
contains instructions to attempt Denial-of-Service attacks 
on other IRC users.

________________________Virus Fixes_________________________
Find out more about this worm. Click here to go to the 
W32/Goner at MM Help Center. 
===> http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=2639





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