Virus News and Updates

   There has been much talk around campus lately about computers being infected with viruses. This page has been created to make the campus community aware of common viruses and trojan programs that have been propagating through our network. This page will be updated as soon as any outbreak or threat of outbreak occurs. 

Important! Be sure to update your virus definition files weekly. Maintaining these files will help to protect your computer from new viruses and variants of old ones. To find out more about updating your virus defintion files, click here.

Known viruses that have been  found on campus (all of which are detectable with Symantec/Norton Anti-Virus): 

• Sasser Worm *
• W32.Novarg.A Worm -aka- Mydoom Virus *
• W32.Welchia Worm *
• W32.SoBig Virus *
• W32/MSBlaster *
• Klez Virus
• W32.Badtrans.B Worm 
• Blebla.B Worm 
• Nimda Virus
• Sircam Worm
• Win95.Hybris.gen 
• SULFNBK.EXE Warning (HOAX!) 
• W32/Magistr Worm
• W32.Naked@mm (aka Naked Wife) 
• VBS.SST@mm Worm (aka Anna Kournikova) 
• MTX Virus 
• Groovie Virus 
• W32/Navidad Worm 
• VBS/LoveLetter Worm 
• Pretty Park Worm 
• BuddyList Trojan Horse 
• Trojan.AOL.Buddy (aka PennyTools Trojan) 
• W32/KRIZ.3862 (aka W32/KRIZ.4092 and W32/KRIZ.4050) 
• AOL.PS.Trojan (aka APStrojan.qa and W95 Trojan.Cool) 
• ColdApe 
• Happy99 
• Melissa Virus 
• NetBus and/or Back Orifice 
• CIH/Chernobyl Virus 
• Windows ExploreZip.worm 
   

  (*) = recent campus outbreaks
   

   If you have, or think you have been infected with any type of virus or trojan program please contact your desktop consultant or the security staff to report your instance so that we can help to prevent others from also being infected. 
 

Blair R. Bernhardt
Security and Information Policy Officer
brb0@lehigh.edu
(610) 758-3994

Ann Marie Guttman
Security Administrator
amm1@lehigh.edu
(610) 758-3011