Re: New Virus set to hit for Netscape 6.21 and Mozilla builds on Wednesday
Pratik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... The *real* story http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=searchStoryID=665144 fyi, it *doesn't* affect NS6 and Mozilla. Pratik. FYI, the article mentions *any* email package. It does not say that NS6 and Mozilla are excluded. Get your facts right before you flame anyone in my froup. -- Gazwad Freelance scientist and people tester.
Re: New Virus set to hit for Netscape 6.21 and Mozilla builds on Wednesday
On Wed, 06 Mar 2002 09:35:48 -0500, Gazwad cried into the void: Pratik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... The *real* story http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=searchStoryID=665144 fyi, it *doesn't* affect NS6 and Mozilla. Pratik. FYI, the article mentions *any* email package. It does not say that NS6 and Mozilla are excluded. Get your facts right before you flame anyone in my froup. From the Symantec site on Klez: W32.Klez.D@mm is a modified variant of W32.Klez.A@mm. Most of the functionality remains the same. The virus that W32.Klez.A@mm carried, W32.Elkern.3326, is also carried and inserted on the system by this variant. The worm exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express in an attempt to execute itself when you open or even preview the message. Further information and a patch for the vulnerability can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-020.asp It is a flaw in MIME header handling unique to IE. It doesn't affect Netscape or Mozilla. Gaz should check his facts before flaming someone in his froup. Regards, 0 -- LPIC-2, MCSE, N+ You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one Free your mind, and your OS will follow
Re: New Virus set to hit for Netscape 6.21 and Mozilla builds on Wednesday
The *real* story http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=searchStoryID=665144 fyi, it *doesn't* affect NS6 and Mozilla. Pratik. FYI, the article mentions *any* email package. It does not say that NS6 and Mozilla are excluded. Get your facts right before you flame anyone in my froup. Ahem. Are you talking to yourself? Here is the paragraph you are talking about, and I quote: The worm can infect computers running any e-mail system, but only sends itself to recipients listed in the address books of Microsoft Corp.'s MSFT.O Outlook, Hypponen said. Had you bothered to read further you would noticed that the worm gets spread only by Outlook and its variants.
Re: New Virus set to hit for Netscape 6.21 and Mozilla builds on Wednesday
You appear to be deluded. Get a life. -- Gazwad Freelance scientist and people tester. Ben Bucksch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... The original poster is *obviously* a troll(1). Unless you *know* that Mozilla / Netscape 6 is vulnerable to automatically(2) running or spreading the virus and you have a testcase, please stop responding / posting to this thread. Thanks. (1) somebody who knowingly posts wrong information and then watches people discuss / correct it (2) The user doesn't himself start an executable Ben Bucksch Beonex http://www.beonex.com
Re: New Virus set to hit for Netscape 6.21 and Mozilla builds on Wednesday
Gazwad Dont Be So Far King Wee Tar Did wrote in news:3c868b06$1 @news1.homechoice.co.uk, on 06 Mar 2002: You appear to be deluded. Get a life. You are a troll, sir. Good bye! *plonk* -- AIM: FlyersR1 9 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ = m
Re: New Virus set to hit for Netscape 6.21 and Mozilla builds on Wednesday
DeMaN LoG n@a wrote in message news:204.29.187.156... You are a troll, sir. Good bye! *plonk* Victim -- Gazwad Freelance scientist and people tester.
Re: New Virus set to hit for Netscape 6.21 and Mozilla builds on Wednesday
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], KCOM wrote: [snip] And you got this idea that editing a Reuters press release would be a plausible troll...why? -- Chris Hoess
Re: New Virus set to hit for Netscape 6.21 and Mozilla builds on Wednesday
And it came to pass that KCOM, the bald-faced lying scum, wrote:
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Computer security companies on
Tuesday warned that a dangerous new Internet worm that is
spreading will try to delete and overwrite files on infected
computers beginning on Wednesday that run Mozilla and
Netscape 6 builds
Interesting, the actual article is:
http://wwwreuterscom/news_articlejhtml?type=searchStoryID=665144
And it doesn't mention Netscape or Mozilla even one time
Why are you lying about something that is so easy to check?
Are you really this stupid?
The worm, dubbed KlezE, is programmed to delete and
overwrite Word, Excel, video, image, and Internet files,
among others via Netscape 6 and Mozilla, on the sixth day of
every other month, said Mikko Hypponen, manager of antivirus
research at F-Secure, a Helsinki-based company
And the ACTUAL quote:
The worm, dubbed KlezE, is programmed to delete and
overwrite Word, Excel, video, image, and Internet files,
among others, on the sixth day of every other month, said
Mikko Hypponen, manager of antivirus research at F-Secure,
a Helsinki-based company
The virus is spread through the Javascript extensions that
Mozilla and Netscape current use, a known security bug
Versions of Netscape 47 and earlier are safe from the worm
According to the actual article:
The worm can infect computers running any e-mail system, but
only sends itself to recipients listed in the address books of
Microsoft Corp's MSFTO Outlook, Hypponen said
There is currently no patch available
But the article says:
Most major antivirus vendors' products can detect and block the
virus, Hypponen said
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