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ExploreZip WORM


Disguised as e-mail from an acquaintance, a malicious computer
"worm" capable of destroying data on infected machines was spreading
Thursday, forcing at least a handful of businesses to shut down their e-mail
systems.


First discovered in Israel, e-mails
itself as an attachment with the file name "zipped_files.exe."

       The body of the message, which scans the "Inbox" to harvest addresses
of e-mail correspondents, reads:
       "Hi (recipient's name)!
       "I received your e-mail and I shall send you a reply ASAP.
       "Till then, take a look at the attached zipped docs.
       "Bye."

       Users who receive such a
message should delete it without opening it, then empty your e-mail's
deleted items file.

SYSTEM FILE MODIFIED
       If the file is executed on a Windows 9x system, the worm copies
itself to the c:\windows\system directory with the filename "Explore.exe"
and then modifies the WIN.INI file so that the program is executed each time
Windows is started, the advisory says. The worm then utilizes the infected
computer's e-mail client to harvest e-mail addresses in order to propagate
itself.

       In addition, when Worm.ExploreZip is executed, it also searches
through the C through Z drives of your computer system and selects a series
of files of any file extension to destroy by making them 0 bytes long. This
can result in non-recoverable data and/or computer system.

HOW TO GET RID OF IT
If you're running Windows 95 or 98:
 Restart your computer in MS-DOS mode, edit the WIN.INI file and remove the
line run=c:\windows\system\explore.exe.
 Then delete the file "c:\windows\system\explore.exe" and restart Windows.

       If you're running Windows NT:
 Run REGEDIT (not REGEDT32) and locate the hive
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows] and
remove the following key: "run"="C:\\WINNT\\System32\\Explore.exe"
 Restart Windows NT, then remove the file "c:\winnt\system32\Explore.exe"

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