[Am-info] Another Windows virus/worm

John J. Urbaniak jjurban@attglobal.net
Mon, 08 Jul 2002 09:24:43 -0400


Note the phrase "... only affects Windows PCs."

I think we need a new acronym for viruses  "WOOK" - for "Windows-Only,
Others OK."

So, Gunsan is yet another WOOK virus.

John

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/26079.html

...

"Gunsan has spread modestly since its discovery late
 last month. It deletes files needed by antivirus and
 firewall products (including all files that contain
 mcafee, softice, numega, antivirus, anti-virus,
win32dasm, sophos, catsclaw, claw95, lockdown,
 symantec, firewall, virusscan, virus-scan, fprot,
 f-prot, zone labs, or atguard in their path). Gunsan
only affects Windows PCs and can cause system
 instability by deleting important system files. "