Virus Alerts
Virus Security Alert

The Office of Information Technology Security and Policy regularly receives updated information concerning important aspects of security, which includes viruses. If a virus is deemed severe or dangerous, based upon a threat matrix, a notice will be sent via e-mail to the Ball State Community letting everyone know of the potential danger and posted as Breaking News on the Security and Policy website.

Virus Alerts
Malicious E-Mail Disguised as Electronic Greeting Card
All Ball State University computer users should be aware of a new and dangerous security threat which arrives via e-mail. At least one computer on campus has already been affected. The messages may take several forms but most commonly appears as an notification that someone has sent a "greeting card." MORE...

A friend has sent you an e-card from eCardica.com
This e-mail link will take you to a geocities.com web page that will attempt to infect your system with malicious code. MORE...

Trojan.Peacomm
Trojan.Peacomm is a trojan horse that is being spread by unsolicited spam e-mail related to several different recent news events. MORE...

W32.Mytob.MX Worm
W32.Mytob.MX@mm is a mass-mailing worm that also spreads through network shares. MORE...

W32.Sober.X Worm
W32.Sober.X is a mass-mailing worm that uses its own SMTP engine to spread. It sends itself as an e-mail attachment to addresses gathered from the compromised computer. The e-mail may be in either English or German. MORE...

W32.Zotob.E Worm
W32.Zotob.E is a worm that opens a back door and exploits the Microsoft Windows Plug and Play Buffer Overflow Vulnerability on TCP port 445. MORE...

W32.Esbot.A Worm
W32.Esbot.A is a worm that spreads by exploiting the Microsoft Windows Plug and Play Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. (described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-039). MORE...

Sober.O Worm
Symantec has reported the Sober.O worm as an ongoing threat. MORE...

Beagle.AZ Worm
W32.Beagle.AZ@mm is a mass-mailing worm that also spreads through file-sharing networks. MORE...

Sober.N Worm
E-mail presumably from someone who is letting you know they are receiving repeated e-mails from your e-mail address and would like you to review the content in the attachment is being generated by the Sober.N worm. MORE...

Mydoom Variants
Two Variants of the Mydoom virus uses the flaw in Internet Explorer. MORE...

Sober.I Worm
The Sober.I is a mass-mailing worm that uses its own SMTP engine to spread by sending itself as an e-mail attachment to addresses gathered from the infected computer. MORE...
Deb Howell
Senior Systems Security Communications Manager
Location: RB 237
Phone: (765) 285-1424
FAX: (765) 285-1797


More Information
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Spyware Attacks
New strategies are needed to combat spyware. MORE...

Windows Defender
Microsoft Windows Defender is a free program to help protect against spyware. MORE...
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Information on previously reported viruses can be found in the UCS Knowledge Base