Anna virus spreading fast
Posted on 12/02/01 23:44 by Dennis                             
Anna virus spreading fast
Looking for jpegs of Anna Kournikova in your inbox? Be aware, looking at her photos may unleash a worm on your PC.


There's a new virus spamming the world. Anna (a.k.a., VBS/SST, Kalamar, OnTheFly) has some of the same characteristics as the ILOVEYOU worm. Anti-virus software companies are still investigating this new worm. Anna is known to be a mass mailer; the number of infections worldwide has risen every hour. Anna uses listings found in the Microsoft Outlook address book to send copies of itself. The real danger from Anna is that it will overload e-mail servers with excess traffic. Anna currently ranks as a 7 on the ZDNet Virus Meter.

How It Works
The Anna virus arrives via e-mail with the following information:

Subject: Here you have, ;o)

Body: Hi: Check This!

Attachment: AnnaKournikova.jpg.vbs

Clicking on the attachment activates the worm. Once activated, Anna uses the Microsoft Outlook address book to mass e-mail itself to others. Anna then changes the Registry to include the following entry:

HKCUsoftwareOnTheFly

Also, Anna schedules itself to connect to a Dutch computer shopping Web site, www.dynabyte.nl, every January 26th.


Read more on preventing this 'outbreak' on ZDNet.

Source: ZDNet

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By Guest, Tuesday 13 February 2001 11:48
Everyday a new virus... at least they have better names now... no more Ripper and Chernobil... now we have I love you and Anna (btw have you seen her fake nude pics? :4
By petspeed, Tuesday 13 February 2001 15:47
This is not a new virus, but just an old one that has come to life again. McAfee has detection for this one since august 2000, so I guess anyone infected it's their own fault.
By Guest, Tuesday 13 February 2001 16:39
I especially like this part:
Also, Anna schedules itself to connect to a Dutch computer shopping Web site, www.dynabyte.nl, every January 26th. Wink
Maybe it's a homemade virus by DynaByte Smilie
By Guest, Thursday 15 February 2001 11:30
It was a 20 year old Dutch guy, who went to the police after he saw the impact his homemade virus made.. DiONiX
By arneo69, Friday 16 February 2001 00:06
Hmm yes he did, it was advised by his parents.. Yust never open unknown !! .VBS !! files ,,@!@ .. :8
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