RED ALERT

Red Alert no produce ningún efecto directo, ya que no es un virus.

Red Alert no utiliza ningún método de infección, porque no es un virus.

La estrategia de Red Alert es aportar datos en apariencia verídicos para confundir al usuario y lograr que:

• Corra la voz y reenvíe el mensaje.

Red Alert no utiliza ningún método de propagación, porque no es un virus.

No obstante, Red Alert se sirve del engaño y de la buena fe de los destinatarios para conseguir que éstos, de manera voluntaria, reenvíen el mensaje de alerta. De esta forma, se crea un rumor que corre como la pólvora a través de los correos de Internet.

El mensaje de correo responde al siguiente patrón:

• Contenido:  Existen dos versiones:

Versión 1:

Red Alert for anybody using Microsoft's Internet Explorer as their web browser. This came in on the virus forum at the University of Hamburg from a fairly reliable source: Mikko H. Hypponen (Mikko.Hypponen@F-Secure.com) in Finland. (datafellows is an anti-virus company) The first indication that something was amiss was when the computer of an MIS professional friend of Mikko's was completely wiped -- including BIOS and CMOS -- on 11-20-96. It took a great deal of arguing with Microsoft until 11-22-96 (logged at 0930 hours) when they finally admitted something was wrong and took "their homepage into their lab." Mikko's first report was at 11:13 on 11-22-96. By 13:17 on 11-22-96 the following message was received: Okay, it's official (last conversation with techs at 1200 hrs, 11-22-96, virus confirmed) Western Digital and Microsoft confirm that a new virus is on the web and they cannot isolate it. The only thing they know for sure is that it completely wipes out a computer. As of this time, they cannot determine how best to get rid of the thing once it is in your system. [irrelevant "in-joke" cut] They are recommending that until they can isolate it (it appears to be coming from several locations) you just stay off the web. This sounds like a trojan rather than a virus, but it is extremely destructive nonetheless. Unless you can filter addresses so your webbrowser will not go to Microsoft's home page, stay off Microsoft's home page until further notice. (As Mikko post updates, I'll forward them.) Incidentally, Mikko and his friend *were* frequent users of Microsoft's Web browser.

Versión 2:

PLEASE DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANYTHING FROM MICROSOFT! The virus named "Beta2gl" is not in any executable form. It was probably accidentally encoded in various software by mistake. This virus goes into the ROM and from there affects all major parts of the Computer. The virus is undetectable by any of the latest virus scanners. This virus damages the Hard Disk Drive so it is unusable, attacks the display so you're down to a monochrome color (only), consumes all available memory and allows windows only 8 megs (doesn't matter how much ram you have). The virus embeds itself into all versions of Windows, & Unix systems. Trying to delete/detect or remove this virus will prompt a display basically stating : "The operating system requires this file in order to operate". Due to this virus, my last computer is now totally destroyed. I have sent a copy of the virus to McAfee as well as Norton and they basically told me that it can be removed by their virus scanners! Yeah right! The virus scanners don't even detect it as a virus so how the hell could they remove it? Be careful! Please pass this message on to as many people as you can.

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