IP: New worm: Subject "Happy New Year" + Christmas.exe attachment

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 14:00:40 -0800
> From: Ari Ollikainen <Ari () OLTECO com>
>
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
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>         Needless to say... DO NOT OPEN or highlight in Outlook UNLESS
>         Outlook is in "safe" mode...
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> December 19, 2001
> Filed at 1:58 p.m. ET
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> Computer Virus Could Render a Very Unhappy New Year
>
> NEW YORK (Reuters) - A newly discovered computer worm, sent under guise of 
> a holiday greeting, has popped up in the United States and Europe and, if 
> activated, could destroy personal computers, experts said on Wednesday.
>
> The Reeezak worm enters a computer as an e-mail message in Microsoft Corp. 
> Outlook with a subject line ``Happy New Year'' and an attachment -- 
> ``Christmas.exe'' -- which a recipient may think is a Christmas card.
>
> The worm can disable selective keys on the infected computer's keyboard 
> and delete all the files found in the Windows System Directory, rendering 
> the computer inoperable.
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