MTX Internet Virus

Please do not open any of the following attachments to any email (or other ones ending with .EXE, .VBS, .SCR, or .PIF):

README.TXT.pif
I_wanna_see_YOU.TXT.pif
MATRiX_Screen_Saver.SCR
LOVE_LETTER_FOR_YOU.TXT.pif
NEW_playboy_Screen_saver.SCR
BILL_GATES_PIECE.JPG.pif
NEW_NAPSTER_site.TXT.pif.
I_am_sorry.DOC.pif.

W95/MTX is a virus, worm, backdoor access Trojan that arrives through email as an attachment, and has a variety of decoy file names. Once launched, it can wipe out files and be difficult to remove. W95/MTX is spreading more quickly and has the capacity to block users from going to certain anti-virus software vendor Web sites thus preventing access to updates. As a result, users are not able to access the solutions to protect themselves from this and future virus threats. Fortunately, Command's site (www.CommandCom.com) is not blocked, so far, and they are available to help even "non-Command" customers fight back.

The current virus definition files for both Norton and Command Antivirus should protect against infection. If you have a TTU machine which you feel might be infected with this or other virii, please contact your computer support personnel, or call the MicroSupport office at x6315.

For more specific information on this virus, see:

This page maintained by: Jim Johnson
Last updated: September 10, 2001