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Monthly Virus Alert - Gigger Worm
 
Attention Windows 95, 98 and ME users--the Gigger worm spreads via Microsoft Outlook, mIRC, and shared folders. The Gigger worm replaces all files from all drives with a zero byte file if the day of the month is 1st, 5th, 10th, 15th or 20th. It also attempts to format the C: drive. Variants of this worm have already been found. Fortunately, Gigger is not spreading quickly.

Identification:
Subject: "Outlook Express Update" or the email address of the recipient
Message: "MSNSofware Co." or "Microsoft Outlook 98"
Attachment: "Mmsn_offline.htm" or "Reports"

Removal instructions:
Click here

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Here are the top viruses blocked by the LBNL VirusWall in December.

Virus
Name
 Number
caught		 Percentage
of total		 More
info
BadTrans 1323 51% more info
Sircam 447 17% more info
Magistr 353 14%  
Goner 347 14% more info

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