:: 23-Oct-2000 15:12 (Monday) ::
I wanted everyone to know that the latest in our worm saga has arrived.
Our friendly worm writer has included my personal email address as the
configured ID in dnetc.ini (gentleps@muohio.edu.) I would like to take
this time to assure everyone that I did not produce this worm.
This worm is spread via open c shares to c:\windows\system and
c:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp\. You should be able to use bovine’s
wormfree (http://www1.distributed.net/~bovine/wormfree.zip) program to
clean your machine. You can read more about his application and what it
does at http://n0cgi.distributed.net/cgi/dnet-finger.cgi?user=bovine. If
this does not work contact us and we will work to update the program.
We will be correcting my stats within the next day or so, but until then
please understand that they will be corrected soon.
Please feel free to email email abuse@distributed.net or
help@distributed.net if you have any questions about this or any other
worms.
Thank you for your understanding. Paul