On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, Rajesh Divakaran wrote:
> Dear All,
> This is true. pls update ur machines from microsofts site..!!!
This is not _quite_ true, Outlook/Outlook Express users *should* patch or
update *for certain* but...
> OUTLOOK INVASION
>
> Researchers recently discovered a vicious virus that attacks Microsoft
> Outlook users even if they don't open an
> infected message. Protect yourself with Net Security Guide Jim Williams.
Nobody has yet discovered a virus that exploits the vulnerabilities
mentioned. It's currently _projected_ that we will likely see virus
or trojan activity in the almost immediate future. That's different from
actually discovering a virus.
It's pretty easy to DoS Outlook users with the buffer overflow, but
self-replicating code is probably still a few days off.
It's a pitty that we haven't seen the usual media frenzy- they all appear
to be waiting for an actual malicous code exploit. If they ran stories on
potential a lot of people could fix this *before* we see that activity.
Paul
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