VIRUS ALERT - W32/Pretty.worm.unp - this one is official...

 Dear McAfee.com Dispatch Subscriber:

 W32/Pretty.worm.unp is the unpacked edition of the original
 "W32/Pretty.worm" Internet worm. AVERT has upgraded its risk assessment from
 low to MEDIUM--ON WATCH, due to a significant increase in prevalence. It
 infects Windows 95/98/NT systems.

 W32/Pretty.worm.unp arrives via email from affected users who have also run
 this Internet worm. It appears as an attachment titled "Pretty Park.exe",
 with the icon of a character from the animated television series "South
 Park".

 This worm will try to email itself automatically every 30 minutes to all
 email addresses listed in the Internet address book.

 It will also attempt to connect to an IRC server and join a pre-determined
 IRC channel in such a way that the worm's author could use the IRC
 connection to retrieve such information as the computer name, registered
 owner, registered organization, system root path, and Dial Up Networking
 username and passwords. >>

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