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NAME:	Deeyenda Maddick
ALIAS:	Deeyenda

This is another virus hoax. There are a lot of warning about this 'virus' going around, but such a virus does not exist, and no future virus will be named 'Deeyenda'. Ignore the hoax warnings and do not redistribute them.

Here's an example of the warning:

  ******** VIRUS ALERT ******

  VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION: PLEASE READ !

  There is a computer virus that is being sent across the Internet. If
  you receive an email message with the subject line "Deeyenda", DO
  NOT read the message, DELETE it immediately. Please read the
  messages below. Some miscreant is sending email under the title
  "Deeyenda" nationwide, if you get anything like this DON'T DOWNLOAD
  THE FILE! It has a virus that rewrites your hard drive, obliterating
  anything on it. Please be careful and forward this mail to anyone
  you care about.

  FCC WARNING !!!!! ----- DEEYENDA PLAGUES INTERNET ----

  The internet community has again been plagued by another computer
  virus. This message is being spread throughout the internet,
  including USENET posting, EMAIL, and other interent activities.. The
  reason for all the attention is because of the nature of this virus
  and the potential security risks it makes. Instead of a destructive
  trojan virus (most viruses!), this virus, referred to as Deeyenda
  Maddick, performs a comprehensive search on your computer, looking
  for valuable information, such as email and login passwords, credit
  cards, personal info, etc. The Deeyenda virus also has the
  capability to stay memory resident while running a host of
  applications and operation systems, such as Windows 3.11 and Windows
  95.

  What this means to internet users is that when a login and PASSWORD are
  sent to the server, this virus can COPY this information and SEND IT
  OUT TO AN UNKNOWN ADDRESS (varies).

  The reason for this warning is because the Deeyenda virus is
  virtually undetectable. Once attacked, your computer will be
  unsecure. Although it can attack any O/S, this virus is most likely
  to attack those users viewing Java enhanced Web Pages (Netscape 2.0+
  and Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0+ which are running on Windows
  95) . Researchers at Princeton University have found this virus on a
  number of World Wide Web pages and fear its spread.

  Please pass this on, for we must alert the general public at the
  security risks.

CIAC has released an advisory on this hoax. Please see http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html

[Analysis: Mikko Hypponen, F-Secure]