Two new threats out on the 19th of July to be aware of:

W32.Lavehn.A@mm

W32.Lavehn.A@mm is a mass-mailing worm that sends itself to all addresses in the Microsoft Outlook Address Book. The email message has the following characteristics:

Subject: ADMISION 2003

Attachment: Unheval.exe

The worm deletes from the infected computer all files that have the extensions .xls, .doc, .mdb, .mp3, .rpt, or .dwg.

NOTE: Definitions prior to July 22, 2002 will detect this threat Bloodhound.W32.VBWORM

W32.Kitro.E.Worm

W32.Kitro.E.Worm is a worm that spreads by email and over the KaZaA network. The viral email characteristics will be one of seven different Subjects and Attachments. The subject will be one of the following:

The corresponding attachment will be one of the following:

Type: Worm

Infection Length: 168 KB

Systems Affected: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Me

Systems Not Affected: Macintosh, Unix, Linux

Don't forget to update your Norton AntiVirus or McAfee. There is also the free Virus Scanner AVG which is quite good as well.