From a virus-tracking website comes this warning--for those who use MSOutlook:
1. TROJ_POKEY.A (a.k.a. Win32/Pikachu.32768.Worm or Worm.Pikachu)
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TROJ_POKEY.A is a new Internet worm, which was recently reported by users.
It spreads via MS Outlook and emails itself to all users in the infected
user's address book. The Trojan arrives as an executable file, with an icon
that resembles the Pokeman animated character Picachu.It modifies the
AUTOEXEC.BAT so that certain directories are deleted on the next on reboot.
For additional information about TROJ_POKEY.A, please refer to:
http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=TROJ_POKEY.A
TROJ_POKEY.A is detected by Trend pattern file #733 and above.
Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter 82/70/55
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