-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 October 21, 2003 03:25 pm, rikona wrote: [..] > AW> That's what puzzles me. She would never open an executable. She > AW> would never agree to running one. Java and javascript are > AW> disabled for mail. She is set to read and write plain text. > AW> Still they have managed to do damage.
She wouldn't have to Anne. Read about Gibe at your favourite security information source. Like this one: http://sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32gibef.html > The more you write, the more it looks as though it is not an email > problem. If as I suspect this new wonder worm is a variant of Gibe it's quite capable of infecting an entire local area network through shares, instant messengers and a few other methods I don't recall at the moment. It doesn't need to use the Outlook or any other address book. It is truly a nasty evil rotten piece of malware delivered by someone that should be tracked down, shot and p!$$ed on. Not necessarily in that order. > AW> At first I thought is was coincidence, but since the same files > AW> have to be replaced every time it happens I no longer believe > AW> that. > > Is it possible that the real problem has not been removed, and is > still lurking on the machine? She might have multiple problems. It is > not at all unusual in Win computers that are not locked down very > tight. To have a chance of clearing my friend's network Sunday I had to physically disconnect (pulled the cables and shut down the router) all 3 of his machines from the network, disconnect and power down the printer, and shut the router down completely then not reconnect until everything was back to worm free status. It wasn't a fun way to spend the evening. > AW> I'm thankful that at least she is not contributing to the spread > AW> of viruses, but I can't understand how they are doing this > AW> damage. > > If her address book has entries, don't be too sure. :-)) As i posted above the address book isn't the only avenue for infection to spread. Any unsecured Windows box connected to almost any network with an infected machine will be toast in a very short time.<sigh> God I hate Windows! Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-12.tmb.1mdk 16:54:20 up 32 min, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.07, 0.12 Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love. -- Charlie Brown -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/lbwJG11CaRuZZSIRAjv8AJ9otPpGySiQSln2bPqN0kIqqombngCffg0U WcFC/jqU9tZghNMkXPBAmTg= =BLDr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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