New Virus going around?

Factual Questions
1

I got an email this morning with the title “undang-undangindonesia.com/ UU Ketenagakerjaan - Lembaga Kerjasama Bipartit”. Inside it said “undang-undangindonesia.com/ UU Ketenagakerjaan - Lembaga Kerjasama Bipartit BAB VI - BAGIAN IV LEMBAGA KERJASAMA BIPARTIT Pasal 37
(1) Set
.
.
See the attachement” and had an attachment the same as the title with a “.txt.bat” suffix.

Does anyone know what this is? Is it a new virus? An old one? There’s no way I’m opening this file, and the e-mail is going right into the trash.

2

Catchy title! Probably not good as a band name, though.

3

Probably just another variation of the Klez virus. The “.bat” extension makes it a batch file which would likely run as soon as you download it and begin wreaking havoc on your computer.

4

bat file is a short command line instruction. You should be able to safely copy it to your desktop and right click>edit and see what it contains without running it. It could be something like:
echo off
C:
cd
del c:\windows*.*

5

k2dave: Nah, I like to keep clear of anything that might be a virus. I can dig it out of the trash bin and forward it to you if you want! :smiley:

[sub]Just kidding, I wouldn’t forward it even if asked.[/sub]

6

http://www.undang-undangindonesia.com/uu_ketenagakerjaan/uu_tenaga_kerja_babVI_bagIV.htm is the website of PT Asiamaya Dotcom Indonesia The text on the website begins with: "undang-undangindonesia.com/ UU Ketenagakerjaan - Lembaga Kerjasama Bipartit BAB VI - BAGIAN IV LEMBAGA KERJASAMA BIPARTIT Pasal 37
(1) Set "
The site appears to be perfectly legitimate but I’d bet dollars to donuts the message is a virus.