Beware Apost virus

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI, SEPT. 5. A new computer virus, Apost, has been identified. It spreads through addresses in Microsoft Outlook. The Internet worm comes in e-mails as an attachment named Readme.exe.

When the attachment is opened, the worm copies itself to all mapped drives including the C drive's root directory. It then changes the registry settings to load every time the system is started, according to a statement by Prognet Technologies.

The worm displays a dialog box with the title `Urgent'. When it is opened, the worm will infect the system again and display a false error message with the title `WinZip SelfExtractor: Warning', and a message saying, `CRC error: 23421'. It then opens the Microsoft Outlook address book and spreads to the stored e- mails.

A free download is available to detect and clean the worm at www.fireantivirus.com, the statement said.

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