Please note: If the system is set up as Windoze default, then many
extensions are hidden in Explorer views. This also applies to certain
Outlook/OE previews. The actual name of the attachment is
LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs (at least on the copies I got), and so it
might appear to the average luser as a text document, therefore a safe
one. M$ strikes again!
Since we have the luxury of setting most of our users' machines up in
the lab, and using Drive Image to update them, we can enable extensions
and suchlike. But I like the idea of setting .vbs files to edit, not
open. We'll do that next update cycle.
--
--Cal Frye, Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, Ohio
"Laugh alone and the world thinks you're an idiot."
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> That's exactly how so many people could be affected by this type of virus. Because
>of the Microsoft bug ("undocumented feature"), if you use Outlook Express and don't
>have the latest patch, it WILL RUN VIRUS CODE IN THE PREVIEW WINDOW, if it is a
>certain type of Active-X virus in an HTML E-mail.
>
> Again, as I said, fortunately this type of virus has not made it out into the wild
>yet.
> -Scott
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Angel Castillo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 14:10:17 -0500
>
> Preview on...doesn't open an attachment...people do :-)
>
> I use the preview feature and no attachment opens up unless I do it.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Angel Castillo, MCSE, MCP+I Jobs.com
> IMail System Administrator www.jobs.com
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: (214) 273-7629
> "When you love what you do...you're alive!"
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 12:49 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] LOVEYOU Virus, only MS Outlook?
>
> The ILOVEYOU virus isn't one that opens automagically (the type you are
> referring to never made it to the wild, it was just a prototype; only
> Outlook Express opens it automatically, if you have preview on).
>
> This virus will run on (and infect) any system that can run .VBS (Visual
> Basic Scripting) file. It will only spread, however, if you are running
> Outlook (since it uses the Outlook address book to get the list of E-mail
> addresses to send to).
> -Scott
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Keith Pillow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 13:08:49 -0400
>
> Is MS Outlook the only client that automagically runs this thing when a user
> views the message? What other clients run this attachment without prompting?
>
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