Hello Dave, Friday, June 6, 2003, 1:58:16 PM, you wrote:
DK> Friday, June 6, 2003, 12:50:15 PM, Julien wrote: J>> Not necessarily. Reading at: J>> http://www.secuser.com/alertes/2003/bugbearb.htm J>> I saw: .TBB was referring to "Windows Office Toolbar Button". J>> It seems that hackers don't dare attacking The Bat! :-) DK> Possible, but I doubt that the toolbar has much in the way of DK> e-mails in it. And since Eudora is included, it's not beyond DK> reason to hope that TB! is also being targeted. :) Actually you can find the same information at McAfee and Norton. Also, after reviewing the documentation on the virus, TB files can be used to read e-mail addresses(at least with 1.62), since the file is a simple text file and can be read easily. Also, since the virus has 2 methods to propagate itself(network and e-mail), it only takes one person on the network to open an infected e-mail attachment, to infect the rest of the network. If you have an up-to-date virus definitions for your anti-virus software, then you should be save. But, this virus seems to be tricky, since it can install itself in the startup directory and runs on startup. That seems to be the way it propagates itself on a network. So, next time you restart your computer, it might be too late. This virus can shutdown an anti-virus and firewall software, and a number of other malicious things it can do. So, basically, if your on a network and don't know how the other people read their e-mails or if they don't have the proper protection in place. Watch out! My colleague was out almost all day at a few of our clients and removing this virus. -- Best regards, Daniel ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62r | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
