> -----Original Message-----
> From: Virus Alert
> Sent: Friday, July 09, 1999 3:58 PM
> Subject:      Virus Warning for Back Orifice 2
> Importance:   High
>
> We recently became aware of a new "virus/trojan horse" that is planned for
> release tomorrow, Saturday, July 10.
> Back Orifice usually arrives at a victim's computer as an e-mail
> attachment. Once the victim is tricked into opening the attachment, the
> software secretly installs itself and turns the victim's computer into a
> "client."  Then, anyone with the other half of the Back Orifice software
> (the administrator tool) can control the victim's PC from anywhere on the
> Internet. The hacker can then stealthily do anything to the victim's
> machine that the victim could do - even delete all the hard drive's
> contents.
> Currently there is no protection available for this virus since it has not
> yet been released.  Please use good judgement when opening mail
> attachments that you receive (especially if you do not know the sender of
> the message).  Don't download programs from Internet sites you don't
> trust.
>
> Our Anti-Virus vendors will provide new virus definition files as soon as
> this virus is released.  Please make sure you have McAfee VirusScan
> Version 4.0.3a with virus definition pattern 4.0.4033.
>
>
>

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