Virus Warning

Virus FAKING Arts Council Address

A new virus is spreading which appears to come from the Arts Council - It is not being sent from the Arts Council.

The virus spreads by faking email addresses, so that those receiving the email think it is from someone they trust.

The fake email address does not start with genuine names at the Arts Council.

The virus is using fake addresses for companies and organisations world-wide.

Computer users should update their anti-virus as soon as possible to avoid infection.

Details:

This is a mass-mailing and peer-to-peer file-sharing worm that arrives in an email message as follows:

From: (spoofed email sender)
Subject: (Varies, such as)

Error
Status
Server Report
Mail Transaction Failed
Mail Delivery System
hello
hi
Body: (Varies, such as)

The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII encoding and has been sent as a binary attachment.
The message contains Unicode characters and has been sent as a binary attachment.
Mail transaction failed. Partial message is available.
Attachment: (varies [.bat, .exe, .pif, .cmd, .scr] - often arrives in a ZIP archive) (22,528 bytes)

examples (common names, but can be random)
doc.bat
document.zip
message.zip
readme.zip
text.pif
hello.cmd
body.scr
test.htm.pif
data.txt.exe
file.scr

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