March 3, 2004

SARC has raisedW32.Netsky.D @ mm to a Category 4.  It is a mass-mailing worm which arrives with varied email subject, body, and attachment. The Subject, Body, and Attachment names vary, however the attachment will have a .pif file extension.  NEVER open a email attachment that has a .PIF extension, NEVER!  I don't care who it is from. One of the interesting ways to know you are infected is that the program will (if it is between 6:00am and 9:00am on a Tuesday, March 2, 2004) will beep in a continuous loop.  Each beep will be for a random period of time, at a random frequency.   Symantec Security Response has also posted a tool to remove infections caused by W32.Netsky.D @ mm. 10:08:42 AM

Microsoft to assist training for schools The Globe and Mail, Canada - Aboriginal students in remote areas of Manitoba and more than 1,000 of the province's teachers will be the first Canadians to benefit from Microsoft Canada Company's Partners In Learning initiative announced in Winnipeg. Through the program, Microsoft will make investments in kindergarten to grade 12 education programs across Canada by providing teachers and students with computer technologies and training. In its first year, Manitoba will receive $3.75-million (Cdn.) in software, services and support. The program's value in Manitoba is estimated at approximately $15-million over the next five years. Nationally, that investment will be over $300-million over the next five years in cash and software donations.  6:08:46 AM