Windows 98/95

Frethem.J is a worm that reaches computers inside two files called  DECRYPT-PASSWORD.EXE and PASSWORD.TXT.

It spreads via e-mail messages with the following subject: Re: Your password!.

It is easy to become infected by this virus, as the e-mail message attachment can be automatically run simply by viewing the message that contains it through Outlook's Preview Pane or on opening it.

Frethem.J does not cause any damage to the affected systems, as its only aim is to spread to other computers, without causing any destructive effects.

Frethem.A is easy to recognize at first sight, as it always arrives in an e-mail message whose characteristics are typically the following:

• Subject:

  Re: Your password !

• Message:

  ATTENTION!
  You can access
  very important
  information by
  this password
  DO NOT SAVE
  password to disk
  use your mind
  now press
  cancel

• Attachment:

  DECRYPT-PASSWORD.EXE or PASSWORD.TXT