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From: | "Blaine Hodge" <bmhodge AT home DOT com> |
Newsgroups: | alt.comp.perlcgi.freelance,alt.freewebhosting,alt.html.critique,comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
References: | <7vgr8g$iel$1 AT tron DOT sci DOT fi> <34UeOP1V1CvfYM8a+7LxX8dQ+AV6 AT 4ax DOT com> <382BC4F4 DOT ED174896 AT geocities DOT com> |
Subject: | Re: 4 VIRUS ALERTS! |
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Date: | Fri, 12 Nov 1999 08:57:46 GMT |
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To: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com |
DJ-Gateway: | from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Reply-To: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com |
>I heard on the radio yesterday something about a virus called "Bubble Boy" or >something.. apparently it uses some loophole in the security .... dont know much >more... wouldnt this one.. (its new apparently) fall into this category? Yup, it uses VBScript (or JavaScript, one of the two). The script is executed when you read the e-mail, just like a HTML page. Only it gets access to your mail client and infects it. As I heard it's harmless (other than the fact it spreads). The scary part is that someone figrued out how todo it without needing the victim to open/execute an attachment. And if they did it, someone with a more malicious program can too. Mostly applicable to Outlook Express. Doubt that Netscape suffers from it as VBScript is a MS thing. - Blaine
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