Hi Larry,
This is an excellent explaination of how easy it is to get caught by this
virus.
apparently it looks at one of the most recent files in the My Documents
folder to send and maybe even uses the name as part of the subject line.
I am sending an excerpt of this email to all on my network, so illustrate
how clever this virus is.
Thank You.
Ben Johansen
www.pcforge.com
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of Lawrence Lustig
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 8:20 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Virus From Me
> In other words, it relieson someone doing
> something they should know
> better than to do.
I agree with you that this virus relies on people
doing something they shouldn't -- either opening an
email attachment or (in my case) sharing a drive on a
network without password authentication.
However, this particular virus is pretty clever in the
way it emails itself around. It combines an inocuous
message with a real document from your hard disk. For
instance, my sister-in-law got an email from me
labelled "Re: Houses" and a message saying "I am
sending you this file for your advice". My
sister-in-law is a professional decorator and she
knows my house is undergoing renovations. In this
particular case I can hardly fault her for being taken
in.
A few other people who I work with on various projects
also got emails with subject lines matching some of
the work we were doing and a sensible sounding
attachment.
--
Larry
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