I naturally treated it as suspicious and did nothing but posted an inital warning in my user group.... this is one of my group members replies
She recieved 3 of them. anothe member recieved one copy but have not heard from other members.Internet Worm Disguised as E-Mail from Microsoft
Mon May 19, 2003 02:00 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A new computer worm that disguises itself as
an e-mail from Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O is spreading, computer security
firms warned on Monday.
The e-mail containing the worm, dubbed Palyh or Mankx, appears to come
from [email protected], but is not from the software company.
When the attachment is opened, the worm copies itself to the Windows
folder, scoops up e-mail addresses from the hard disk and starts sending
itself out, said U.K-based Sophos.
The malicious program can spread itself to other Windows machines on a
local area network, anti-virus vendors said.
It also can secretly install spyware programs on infected computers that
could eavesdrop on the computer user, according to Moscow-based
Kaspersky Labs.
The worm is programmed to expire automatically on May 30, according to
Symantec Corp.
It began spreading on Saturday and has apparently infected computers in
69 countries, according to MessageLabs.
A Microsoft spokesman said the company never sends out unsolicited mass
e-mails with attachments.
Watch your emails.