W32/Dumaru@MM Virus
Posted by Jim on 15 September, 2003
Category Viruses and Hoaxes
Dumaru is more of an irritant than anything else. If, however, you don't have an up-to-date virus signature, it could do you some damage. It's a WORM and it's a password stealer. The irritating details with this one is that with the McAfee Virus Scan (maybe others) and Outlook Express, your email will appear to be locked up. McAfee tells you the virus is there and you can delete it, however, it doesn't want to go away. Go to McAffee's site to read more about what this Dumaru virus can do: McAfee.com.
If your email program is locked up and you can't dump this little bug, I'd suggest a little tool that I use. Popcorn is little program that allows you to see what email is on your server. You can find this email and delete it before it ever gets to your computer. I've found this utility quite usefull on several occasions (you know those 5000MB movies that you're brother-in-law thinks is funny) to remove badly behaving emails.
Look for the suject of the email "Use this patch immediately !" and delete it. Gone!
If your email program is locked up and you can't dump this little bug, I'd suggest a little tool that I use. Popcorn is little program that allows you to see what email is on your server. You can find this email and delete it before it ever gets to your computer. I've found this utility quite usefull on several occasions (you know those 5000MB movies that you're brother-in-law thinks is funny) to remove badly behaving emails.
Look for the suject of the email "Use this patch immediately !" and delete it. Gone!
