Re: adobe pdf virus
On Thursday 09 August 2001 09:42 am, you wrote: > Rick, > Thats it then, I always hate it when I lock myself in and have to crawl out > a window. And it sounds like you're having a better day already. > > Ronnie > > On Thursday 09 August 2001 07:18, you wrote: > > On Wednesday 08 August 2001 08:19 pm, you wrote: > > > Rick, > > > > > > I've been playing since 83. > > > > > > The only rant I've read in this thread is yours. > > > > > > If you push your bed against the wall you cant fall out on the wrong > > > side. > > > > > > Hope you have a better day tomorrow. > > > > > > Ronnie > > > > > > On Wednesday 08 August 2001 14:56, you wrote: > > > > Ronnie > > > > > > > > How long have you been in this computer world. Well the virus stuff > > > > has been with us since the 80s and it will stay with us. What we all > > > > need to do is protect ourselves the best we can. Backup systems and > > > > other important data. This ranting is tiresome and it takes up the > > > > band width. If you must have aconversation, great how about offline. > > > > > > > > Thanks and you all have a great day. > > > > > > > > Rick Sivernell > > > > Dallas, Texas 75287 > > > > 972 306-2296 > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Caldera Open Linux eWorkStation 3.1 > > > > Registered Linux User > > > > > > > > ? ? ? ? .~. > > > > ? ? ? ?/ v \ > > > > ? ? ? /( _ )\ > > > > ? ? ? ? ^ ^ > > > > In Linux we trust! > > > > ___ > > > > Ronnie > > > > What the heck you mean about walls, you have walls, I just have padded > > area all around me so I don't hurt myself. Actually everyday is a great day, I alive and kicking, able to get around while being round . Hell life is great. -- Rick Sivernell Dallas, Texas 75287 972 306-2296 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Caldera Open Linux eWorkStation 3.1 Registered Linux User ? ? ? ? .~. ? ? ? ?/ v \ ? ? ? /( _ )\ ? ? ? ? ^ ^ In Linux we trust! ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: adobe pdf virus
Rick, Thats it then, I always hate it when I lock myself in and have to crawl out a window. And it sounds like you're having a better day already. Ronnie On Thursday 09 August 2001 07:18, you wrote: > On Wednesday 08 August 2001 08:19 pm, you wrote: > > Rick, > > > > I've been playing since 83. > > > > The only rant I've read in this thread is yours. > > > > If you push your bed against the wall you cant fall out on the wrong > > side. > > > > Hope you have a better day tomorrow. > > > > Ronnie > > > > On Wednesday 08 August 2001 14:56, you wrote: > > > Ronnie > > > > > > How long have you been in this computer world. Well the virus stuff > > > has been with us since the 80s and it will stay with us. What we all > > > need to do is protect ourselves the best we can. Backup systems and > > > other important data. This ranting is tiresome and it takes up the band > > > width. If you must have aconversation, great how about offline. > > > > > > Thanks and you all have a great day. > > > > > > Rick Sivernell > > > Dallas, Texas 75287 > > > 972 306-2296 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Caldera Open Linux eWorkStation 3.1 > > > Registered Linux User > > > > > > ? ? ? ? .~. > > > ? ? ? ?/ v \ > > > ? ? ? /( _ )\ > > > ? ? ? ? ^ ^ > > > In Linux we trust! > > > ___ > > Ronnie > > What the heck you mean about walls, you have walls, I just have padded > area all around me so I don't hurt myself. -- Ronnie == Life can be a dream; or it can be a nightmare it's all in your mind ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: adobe pdf virus
On Wednesday 08 August 2001 08:19 pm, you wrote: > Rick, > > I've been playing since 83. > > The only rant I've read in this thread is yours. > > If you push your bed against the wall you cant fall out on the wrong side. > > Hope you have a better day tomorrow. > > Ronnie > > On Wednesday 08 August 2001 14:56, you wrote: > > Ronnie > > > > How long have you been in this computer world. Well the virus stuff has > > been with us since the 80s and it will stay with us. What we all need to > > do is protect ourselves the best we can. Backup systems and other > > important data. This ranting is tiresome and it takes up the band width. > > If you must have aconversation, great how about offline. > > > > Thanks and you all have a great day. > > > > Rick Sivernell > > Dallas, Texas 75287 > > 972 306-2296 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Caldera Open Linux eWorkStation 3.1 > > Registered Linux User > > > > ? ? ? ? .~. > > ? ? ? ?/ v \ > > ? ? ? /( _ )\ > > ? ? ? ? ^ ^ > > In Linux we trust! > > ___ Ronnie What the heck you mean about walls, you have walls, I just have padded area all around me so I don't hurt myself. -- Rick Sivernell Dallas, Texas 75287 972 306-2296 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Caldera Open Linux eWorkStation 3.1 Registered Linux User ? ? ? ? .~. ? ? ? ?/ v \ ? ? ? /( _ )\ ? ? ? ? ^ ^ In Linux we trust! ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: adobe pdf virus
that's why AIA is still in business. :) > Of course no security is worth a damn if one doesn't have good > verified backups. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: adobe pdf virus
I never knew Acrobat PDF could execute codes to affect system files? god dam.. one more items in my blacklist. Gee.. I love my good old Wordstar 4.0. It would never run macros. > Actually, the way I read this, the script is embedded in the PDF. Not > clear on whether it only works with Acrobat full, or if it works in > Reader, but you just have to double-click the link instead of just > clicking. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: adobe pdf virus
On Wed, 8 Aug 2001 01:54:49 -0500 Ronnie Gauthier wrote: > I think so, AFAIK, ms products run pdf's without challenge. I have acrobat 5 > and it opens fully when I click a pdf file. I use pdf's quite a bit and it > concerns me that if this gets more work and wider spread that anyone with > acrobat will be extremely vulnerable to a system attack. Also that its > possible that with more work that even on the linux side someone could get > code to execute when the plugin is run to open the pdf file. As I recall, it is possible that one could write a PostScript virus and do some damage. Some PostScript interpreters will allow you to write files. It's just a programming language... -- --- | Alan K. Jackson| To see a World in a Grain of Sand | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, | | www.ajackson.org | Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand | | Houston, Texas | And Eternity in an hour. - Blake | --- ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: adobe pdf virus
Rick, I've been playing since 83. The only rant I've read in this thread is yours. If you push your bed against the wall you cant fall out on the wrong side. Hope you have a better day tomorrow. Ronnie On Wednesday 08 August 2001 14:56, you wrote: > Ronnie > > How long have you been in this computer world. Well the virus stuff has > been with us since the 80s and it will stay with us. What we all need to do > is protect ourselves the best we can. Backup systems and other important > data. This ranting is tiresome and it takes up the band width. If you must > have aconversation, great how about offline. > > Thanks and you all have a great day. > > Rick Sivernell > Dallas, Texas 75287 > 972 306-2296 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Caldera Open Linux eWorkStation 3.1 > Registered Linux User > > ? ? ? ? .~. > ? ? ? ?/ v \ > ? ? ? /( _ )\ > ? ? ? ? ^ ^ > In Linux we trust! > ___ > http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc > ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Ronnie == Life can be a dream; or it can be a nightmare it's all in your mind ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: adobe pdf virus
That was my point exactly. We all trust pdf files implicitly and open them without a thought of potential harm to our systems. If pdf's can carry executeable code its only a matter of time before linux also becomes a victim of these sort of virii. The fact that right now it seems to be limited to full versions of acrobat mean its just a matter of time before the reader is compromised also. If/when the reader is compromised linux will at that time be vulnerable. Code is code and if vb can be used so could chunks of other languages or shell scripts. If anyone has followed some recent happenings in the ebook world you will know that adobes security is already being deeply questioned as is their response to the matter(not talking about diemitry). What other pitfalls lurk in their code?!? Ronnie On Wednesday 08 August 2001 11:10, you wrote: > Not so far...but the ability of PDFs and Acrobat to do something like this > means we can't look at PDFs as innocuous. I mean most people have felt > nearly as safe opening a PDF to see what it is as a text file. > > At 10:13 AM 8/8/01 -0500, Jim Conner wrote: > >The way I read this is that it needs Acrobat full it will not work with > >Acrobat Reader. Since Acrobat full isn't ported to Linux, we are immune. > >Also, it will need MS Outlook and a way to run a vbs script. Only Windows > >systems that have Acrobat full and MS Outlook installed will be > > vulnerable. This doesn't seem to be a new linux virus. > > > >Jim > > Stuart Biggerstaff > Ronnie == Life can be a dream; or it can be a nightmare it's all in your mind ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: adobe pdf virus
The article reference that was posted here (yesterday?) said it does ^^not^^ work in Acrobat Reader - only in the full Acrobat program. FWIW Regards, Glenn On Wednesday 08 August 2001 09:00 am, Stuart Biggerstaff observed: > Actually, the way I read this, the script is embedded in the PDF. > Not clear on whether it only works with Acrobat full, or if it works > in Reader, but you just have to double-click the link instead of just > clicking. > > At 09:56 AM 8/8/01 +0800, you wrote: > >it uses the PDF extension only so that file association could > >get the script executed...right? > > > >Ronnie Gauthier wrote: > >>not sure if this is real but it sounds like it is. > >>http://www.coderz.net/zulu/outlook.pdfworm.txt > > > >_ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > >___ > >http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc > >->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > > Stuart Biggerstaff > > Linda Hall Library > 5109 Cherry > Kansas City, MO 64110 > > Phone: (816) 926-8748 > (800) 662-1545 x748 > FAX:(816) 926-8785 > URL:www.lindahall.org > > ___ > http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc > ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: adobe pdf virus
Not so far...but the ability of PDFs and Acrobat to do something like this means we can't look at PDFs as innocuous. I mean most people have felt nearly as safe opening a PDF to see what it is as a text file. At 10:13 AM 8/8/01 -0500, Jim Conner wrote: >The way I read this is that it needs Acrobat full it will not work with >Acrobat Reader. Since Acrobat full isn't ported to Linux, we are immune. >Also, it will need MS Outlook and a way to run a vbs script. Only Windows >systems that have Acrobat full and MS Outlook installed will be vulnerable. >This doesn't seem to be a new linux virus. > >Jim Stuart Biggerstaff Linda Hall Library 5109 Cherry Kansas City, MO 64110 Phone: (816) 926-8748 (800) 662-1545 x748 FAX:(816) 926-8785 URL:www.lindahall.org ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: adobe pdf virus
On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 09:08:17AM -0400, Steve Thompson - UG wrote: >i don't quite understand this logic. i can see where you don't want to >reload if you get a virus, BUT if i get a linux virus and it deletes >everything in my home. i'm gonna lose everything that is important. i can >reload my workstation and setup the firewalls and such. i dont want to lose >my important stuff. i understand from a server standpoint, but everyone >saysno big deal, you'll only lose whats in your user id, well thats the >important stuff to me. i just burn it to a cd as a backup. anyway my >0.02c If one is truly paranoid about dealing with things like this, it's easy enough to set up a user on the system specifically for internet use, and do all browsing as that user. It's even easy to do using ssh. ``ssh -l safeuser -f opera'' will start up opera running as safeuser in safeuser's home directory. This way only things under that home directory is vulnerable. Of course no security is worth a damn if one doesn't have good verified backups. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX:(206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ "A man full of faith is simply one who has lost (or never had) the capacity for clear and realistic thought. He is not a mere ass; he is actually ill. Worse, he is incurable." H.L. Mencken ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: adobe pdf virus
The way I read this is that it needs Acrobat full it will not work with Acrobat Reader. Since Acrobat full isn't ported to Linux, we are immune. Also, it will need MS Outlook and a way to run a vbs script. Only Windows systems that have Acrobat full and MS Outlook installed will be vulnerable. This doesn't seem to be a new linux virus. Jim On Wednesday August 08, 2001 10:00 am, Stuart Biggerstaff wrote: > Actually, the way I read this, the script is embedded in the PDF. Not > clear on whether it only works with Acrobat full, or if it works in Reader, > but you just have to double-click the link instead of just clicking. > > At 09:56 AM 8/8/01 +0800, you wrote: > >it uses the PDF extension only so that file association could > >get the script executed...right? > > > >Ronnie Gauthier wrote: > >>not sure if this is real but it sounds like it is. > >>http://www.coderz.net/zulu/outlook.pdfworm.txt > > -- 9:42am up 15 days, 10:16, 3 users, load average: 0.02, 0.03, 0.00 Running Caldera eD2.4 - Linux - because life is too short for reboots... _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: adobe pdf virus
Actually, the way I read this, the script is embedded in the PDF. Not clear on whether it only works with Acrobat full, or if it works in Reader, but you just have to double-click the link instead of just clicking. At 09:56 AM 8/8/01 +0800, you wrote: >it uses the PDF extension only so that file association could >get the script executed...right? > >Ronnie Gauthier wrote: >>not sure if this is real but it sounds like it is. >>http://www.coderz.net/zulu/outlook.pdfworm.txt > > > >_ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > >___ >http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc >->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Stuart Biggerstaff Linda Hall Library 5109 Cherry Kansas City, MO 64110 Phone: (816) 926-8748 (800) 662-1545 x748 FAX:(816) 926-8785 URL:www.lindahall.org ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: adobe pdf virus
Steve Thompson - UG wrote: > > i don't quite understand this logic. i can see where you don't want to reload if >you get a > virus, BUT if i get a linux virus and it deletes everything in my home. i'm gonna >lose > everything that is important. i can reload my workstation and setup the firewalls >and such. i > dont want to lose my important stuff. i understand from a server standpoint, but >everyone > saysno big deal, you'll only lose whats in your user id, well thats the >important stuff to > me. i just burn it to a cd as a backup. > anyway my 0.02c > Two things you can do to protect what's in your home directory: set u=r so that if you try to delete the file you're asked if you really want to. if you're using ext2 (won't work with reiserfs) as root, use chattr and set the i (impermeable) attribute. Now, even root can't delete this file -- it's impermeable. Ciao, David A. Bandel -- Focus on the dream, not the competition. -- Nemesis Racing Team motto ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: adobe pdf virus
On Wed, 08 Aug 2001 09:08:17 -0400 Steve Thompson - UG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Perhaps a script that switches you to another user when you surf so that whatever you do then does not effect your 'real' stuff. Then, when you trust your new stuff, take ownership. This could be a real neat feature of, say, konqueror - run as some other user so file ownership, and more importantly, file downloads, don't mess with the 'real' stuff. | i don't quite understand this logic. i can see where you don't want to reload if |you get a | virus, BUT if i get a linux virus and it deletes everything in my home. i'm gonna |lose | everything that is important. i can reload my workstation and setup the firewalls |and such. i | dont want to lose my important stuff. i understand from a server standpoint, but |everyone | saysno big deal, you'll only lose whats in your user id, well thats the |important stuff to | me. i just burn it to a cd as a backup. | anyway my 0.02c | | steve thompson | | Ian Marchak wrote: | | > Quoting Ronnie Gauthier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: | > | > > I think so, AFAIK, ms products run pdf's without challenge. I have | > > acrobat 5 | > > and it opens fully when I click a pdf file. I use pdf's quite a bit and | > > it | > > concerns me that if this gets more work and wider spread that anyone | > > with | > > acrobat will be extremely vulnerable to a system attack. Also that its | > > possible that with more work that even on the linux side someone could | > > get | > > code to execute when the plugin is run to open the pdf file. | > | > The worst you could do is bung up your user...as long as you aren't surfing as | > root. Hence the repetitive cautions of many listgoers to newbies (not saying | > you're one) not to surf as root. | > | > However, this is apparently only an Acrobat (creator not reader) issue. | > -- | > Linux SxS [http://members.home.net/linuxsteps/ | > ___ | > http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc |->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users | | ___ | http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc |->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- = Roger Oberholtzer E-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] OPQ Systems AB WWW: http://www.opq.se Erik Dahlbergsgatan 41-43 Phone: Int + 46 8 314223 115 32 Stockholm Mobile: Int + 46 733 621657 Sweden Fax: Int + 46 8 302602 ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: adobe pdf virus
Quoting Steve Thompson - UG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > i don't quite understand this logic. i can see where you don't want to > reload if you get a > virus, BUT if i get a linux virus and it deletes everything in my home. > i'm gonna lose > everything that is important. i can reload my workstation and setup the > firewalls and such. i > dont want to lose my important stuff. i understand from a server > standpoint, but everyone > saysno big deal, you'll only lose whats in your user id, well thats > the important stuff to > me. i just burn it to a cd as a backup. > anyway my 0.02c OK, so you have a backup of /home, and the rest of your system is protected by permissions preventing serious damage by a regular user. This means that you may loose a day or two of work depending on your backup schedule, but the system will still be there to restore the backup onto. In windows, the user data is shot, the OS is often shot too, you are completely SOL in M$ with many viruses...with or without a virus scanner. Sure it sucks to loose work and personal data...but at least you don't have to reinstall the whole piece of s#!t OS evey time some user decides that it'd be neat to run the unknown executable from some stange guy in a country they've never heard of. Or when some kiddie finds a way to emebd a visual basic script in some new type of document. When linux is used in a true multi-user environment, and of the 'N' users only the guy who was dumb enough to D/L and double click 'IamNotAVirus.vbs' looses out...sounds like good logic to me! > Ian Marchak wrote: > > The worst you could do is bung up your user...as long as you aren't > surfing as > > root. Hence the repetitive cautions of many listgoers to newbies (not > saying > > you're one) not to surf as root. > > > > However, this is apparently only an Acrobat (creator not reader) > issue. > > -- > > Linux SxS [http://members.home.net/linuxsteps/ -- Linux SxS [http://members.home.net/linuxsteps/ ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: adobe pdf virus
i don't quite understand this logic. i can see where you don't want to reload if you get a virus, BUT if i get a linux virus and it deletes everything in my home. i'm gonna lose everything that is important. i can reload my workstation and setup the firewalls and such. i dont want to lose my important stuff. i understand from a server standpoint, but everyone saysno big deal, you'll only lose whats in your user id, well thats the important stuff to me. i just burn it to a cd as a backup. anyway my 0.02c steve thompson Ian Marchak wrote: > Quoting Ronnie Gauthier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I think so, AFAIK, ms products run pdf's without challenge. I have > > acrobat 5 > > and it opens fully when I click a pdf file. I use pdf's quite a bit and > > it > > concerns me that if this gets more work and wider spread that anyone > > with > > acrobat will be extremely vulnerable to a system attack. Also that its > > possible that with more work that even on the linux side someone could > > get > > code to execute when the plugin is run to open the pdf file. > > The worst you could do is bung up your user...as long as you aren't surfing as > root. Hence the repetitive cautions of many listgoers to newbies (not saying > you're one) not to surf as root. > > However, this is apparently only an Acrobat (creator not reader) issue. > -- > Linux SxS [http://members.home.net/linuxsteps/ > ___ > http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc >->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: adobe pdf virus
Quoting Ronnie Gauthier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I think so, AFAIK, ms products run pdf's without challenge. I have > acrobat 5 > and it opens fully when I click a pdf file. I use pdf's quite a bit and > it > concerns me that if this gets more work and wider spread that anyone > with > acrobat will be extremely vulnerable to a system attack. Also that its > possible that with more work that even on the linux side someone could > get > code to execute when the plugin is run to open the pdf file. The worst you could do is bung up your user...as long as you aren't surfing as root. Hence the repetitive cautions of many listgoers to newbies (not saying you're one) not to surf as root. However, this is apparently only an Acrobat (creator not reader) issue. -- Linux SxS [http://members.home.net/linuxsteps/ ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: adobe pdf virus
According to what I just read, http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5095366,00.html?chkpt=zdnnp1tp02 it only affects the full version, not Acrobat Reader. But it's interesting that "Using PDF bypasses the filters in newer versions of Outlook that ordinarily screen out VBScript files". Regards, Tim Ronnie Gauthier wrote: > I think so, AFAIK, ms products run pdf's without challenge. I have acrobat 5 > and it opens fully when I click a pdf file. I use pdf's quite a bit and it > concerns me that if this gets more work and wider spread that anyone with > acrobat will be extremely vulnerable to a system attack. Also that its > possible that with more work that even on the linux side someone could get > code to execute when the plugin is run to open the pdf file. > > Ronnie > > On Tuesday 07 August 2001 20:56, you wrote: > >>it uses the PDF extension only so that file association could >>get the script executed...right? >> >>Ronnie Gauthier wrote: >> >>>not sure if this is real but it sounds like it is. >>> >>>http://www.coderz.net/zulu/outlook.pdfworm.txt >>> >>_ >>Do You Yahoo!? >>Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com >> >>___ >>http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc >>->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users >> > ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: adobe pdf virus
I think so, AFAIK, ms products run pdf's without challenge. I have acrobat 5 and it opens fully when I click a pdf file. I use pdf's quite a bit and it concerns me that if this gets more work and wider spread that anyone with acrobat will be extremely vulnerable to a system attack. Also that its possible that with more work that even on the linux side someone could get code to execute when the plugin is run to open the pdf file. Ronnie On Tuesday 07 August 2001 20:56, you wrote: > it uses the PDF extension only so that file association could > get the script executed...right? > > Ronnie Gauthier wrote: > > not sure if this is real but it sounds like it is. > > > > http://www.coderz.net/zulu/outlook.pdfworm.txt > > _ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > ___ > http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc > ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Ronnie == Life can be a dream; or it can be a nightmare it's all in your mind ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: adobe pdf virus
it uses the PDF extension only so that file association could get the script executed...right? Ronnie Gauthier wrote: > not sure if this is real but it sounds like it is. > > http://www.coderz.net/zulu/outlook.pdfworm.txt > > _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
