Netsky.Q is a worm that spreads through e-mail. It is distributed as a 28,008 byte Win32 executable, compressed with PEtite, which drops a 23,040 byte DLL file. It also distributes itself inside ZIP archives.
I saw this on on the net and through we should talk about and let people know how you could get that the worm off your computer. It seems to be a self-replicating worm, it will continue to send out fake messages to people with the subject lines Like:
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- Delivery Error
- Delivery Failure
- Delivery
- Mail Delivery failure
- Mail Delivery System
- Mail System
- Delivery
- Delivered Message
- Error
- Status
- Failure
- Failed
- Unknown Exception
- Delivery Failed
- Deliver Mail
- Server Error
- Delivery Bot
And with each message there is the reciepts email address at the end. This worm seems to be spreading like wildfire today. It is because people have not install
Microsoft Security Bulletin (MS01-020)
[ad#ad2-right]Now how do you get rid of it. It seems that most of Anti-Virus software would get it done. All you would need to do is scan for this virus with the latest updated virus databases and will go away. According E-Trust Anti-Virus they say they can remove it. This is a really old virus, according to my sources this was first seen in 2004. In order to prevent this in the future I’d suggest installing a free anti-virus and using it. This is one smart little worm according to CA IT.
If you have quite a few Desktops in your Office and want to update all of them to the newest patch all in one swoop, I’d suggest downloading Clone of Autopatcher and making an ISO image so you can go around to each computer and install the patches quickly and easily. Prevent yourself from getting that virus and some others in the future. This is a friendly tip for all those hard working IT workers.
