This is copied from the Trend weekly alerts. This one actually disables your computer should you get infected and it exectute.
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V I R U S R E P O R T
(by the Trend Micro US Virus Research Group)
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Date: December 21, 2001
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If you're a corporate user and want to assess your virus protection,
check out Trend Micro's Virus Risk Assessment Web site at:
http://www.antivirus.com/free_tools/edoctor/
Issue Preview:
1. TREND MICRO UPDATES: Pattern File and Scan Engine Updates
2. Wishing You a Happy New Year - WORM_MALDAL. C (Low Risk)
3. 10 Most Prevalent In-the-Wild Malware Surveyed by Trend Micro US
4. ATTENTION PC-CILLIN USERS: Urgent Virus Protection Alert
NOTE: Long URLs may break into two lines in some mail readers.
Should this occur, please cut and paste the URL in your browser.
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1. TREND MICRO UPDATES: Pattern File and Scan Engine Updates
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PATTERN FILE: 187 or 987 http://www.antivirus.com/download/pattern.asp
SCAN ENGINE: 5. 630 http://www.antivirus.com/download/engines/
2. Wishing You a Happy New Year -- WORM_MALDAL. C (Low Risk)
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WORM_MALDAL. C is a destructive, memory-resident worm. It is a Visual
Basic-compiled Windows executable that propagates via email using Microsoft
Outlook and upon execution deletes any files with the extensions: . DLL, DRV,
VXD, and . TSP in the System directory. A sample of the email it arrives in
is as follows:
Subject: Happy New Year
Message Body: Hii
I can't describe my feelings
But all i can say is
Happy New Year
Bye
Attachment: CHRISTMAS. EXE
For additional information about WORM_MALDAL. C, please visit Trend Micro
at: http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_MALDAL.C.
WORM_MALDAL. C is detected by Trend Micro pattern file #186 or #986.
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V I R U S R E P O R T
(by the Trend Micro US Virus Research Group)
************************************************************************
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: December 21, 2001
------------------------------------------------------------------------
If you're a corporate user and want to assess your virus protection,
check out Trend Micro's Virus Risk Assessment Web site at:
http://www.antivirus.com/free_tools/edoctor/
Issue Preview:
1. TREND MICRO UPDATES: Pattern File and Scan Engine Updates
2. Wishing You a Happy New Year - WORM_MALDAL. C (Low Risk)
3. 10 Most Prevalent In-the-Wild Malware Surveyed by Trend Micro US
4. ATTENTION PC-CILLIN USERS: Urgent Virus Protection Alert
NOTE: Long URLs may break into two lines in some mail readers.
Should this occur, please cut and paste the URL in your browser.
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1. TREND MICRO UPDATES: Pattern File and Scan Engine Updates
------------------------------------------------------------------------
PATTERN FILE: 187 or 987 http://www.antivirus.com/download/pattern.asp
SCAN ENGINE: 5. 630 http://www.antivirus.com/download/engines/
2. Wishing You a Happy New Year -- WORM_MALDAL. C (Low Risk)
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WORM_MALDAL. C is a destructive, memory-resident worm. It is a Visual
Basic-compiled Windows executable that propagates via email using Microsoft
Outlook and upon execution deletes any files with the extensions: . DLL, DRV,
VXD, and . TSP in the System directory. A sample of the email it arrives in
is as follows:
Subject: Happy New Year
Message Body: Hii
I can't describe my feelings
But all i can say is
Happy New Year

Bye
Attachment: CHRISTMAS. EXE
For additional information about WORM_MALDAL. C, please visit Trend Micro
at: http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_MALDAL.C.
WORM_MALDAL. C is detected by Trend Micro pattern file #186 or #986.
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