posted on September 14, 2004 11:13:40 AM new
Just found this on my home page.
If You Get This E-Mail, Delete It ASAP
There's a new PC worm that's making the rounds, and while it is rated as a low risk (for now) by the antivirus companies, it has to be rated as one of the creepiest viruses ever. ZDNet reports that the so-called Amus worm uses the Windows Speech Engine that is embedded on Windows XP to play this disturbing message:
"How are you. I am back. My name is Mr. Hamsi. I am seeing you. Haaaaaaaa. You must come to Turkey. I am cleaning your computer. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. 0. Gule gule."
Because "gule gule" means "bye-bye" in Turkish, the virus experts think this worm may originate from Turkey. It is spread automatically through an e-mail that is titled "Listen and Smile." If you receive such an e-mail, delete it immediately.
The worm does more than speak to its victims. It launches after the Windows XP boot-up music has played and then gets busy deleting certain files and causing Windows XP to fail. It also changes Internet Explorer's home page settings.
"Amus is activated only if users double click on the attachment."
"As you know, we don't have relationships with Iran. I mean, that's — ever since the late '70s, we have no contacts with them, and we've totally sanctioned them. In other words, there's no sanctions — you can't — we're out of sanctions." —George W. Bush, Annandale, Va, Aug. 9, 2004
