To All Being forewarned...
The following is the first part of two references to a program called
"picture.exe". If what I have include is of interest to you, please use the
URLs to obtain the full text of the articles.
Henry A. Mumm
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From: The Jan. 8, 1999, edition of Computerworld's daily E-mail
http://www.computerworld.com/home/news.nsf/CWFlash/9901074trojan
Trojan horse gathers user data, E-mails it to China
By Kathleen Ohlson
A malicious computer program called picture.exe has been wreaking havoc
among PC users for at least a week, capturing personal information from
their hard drives and sending it to an E-mail address in China, according to
a software security firm.
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http://www.msnbc.com/news/229572.asp
Picture.exe really a Trojan horse
E-mail attachment, if opened, tries to send private information to an e-mail
address originating in China
By Bob Sullivan
MSNBC Jan. 6
Here�s a computer virus story that�s not an urban legend. If you receive an
attachment in e-mail called "picture.exe," don�t open it. If you do, what
happens next reads a bit like a spy novel � this Trojan horse drops two more
programs called note.exe and manager.exe which will search through your
internet cache directory and, if you have one, the directory that holds your
America Online username and password. It then encrypts that information,
tries to establish an Internet connection, and sends it all to an e-mail
address in China.
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Henry A. Mumm
Sr. Programmer Analyst
California Department of Conservation
801 K Street, Ste 1921
Sacramento, CA 95814
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voice :: (916) 323-1360
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