No offense to all of those who clicked it, but keeping your system virus free isn't merely a responsiblity that should be laid on software companies. I agree Microsoft has some holes in Outlook, but with smart handling of attachments, disabling auto-running of scripts, and other simple jobs - your system will stay virus free. When computers where newer, no one would ever blame the manufacture for such problems, and while this is on a much larger scale, you should still remember that it's your job to operate the computer responsibly. Just my $0.02 cents, which can be traded in for .5 bars of gold pressed latnum. -Tim ----------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler Universal Networks Information Tech. Consultant Christian Web Services Since 1996 ICQ #12495932 AIM: Uninettm An Authorized IPSwitch Reseller tbutler@uninetsolutions.com http://www.uninetsolutions.com ===================== "Solutions that Work" =====================
-----Original Message----- From: Rogier Maas [mailto:icarus@guldennet.nl] Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 5:10 PM To: zentena@hophead.dyndns.org Cc: Sean Rima; SuSE Linux Subject: Re: [SLE] Re: Jokes
Nick Zentena wrote:
On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Sean Rima wrote:
Hi Lenz!
On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Lenz Grimmer wrote:
I don't want a 52k mass of hubris. Is there some reason
why you sent a
microsoft specific document/script/virus to a Linux mailing list?
Heh. It just occured to me that your mailer is outlook. (Flame the "technology", not the user...)
I second this. Please do not flame the original author - he might not even know what happened.
Of course his misfortune may aid others in stopping this spreading. I have warned all my family and friends.
I just got a note from CERT about a new Microsoft security problem. Problem is the fix issued by microsoft doesn't fix the problem. The new problem? Seems the help files from IE can now be used to write viruii[viruses?].
Quoted from the CERT note
"The Microsoft Windows HTML help facility (part of Internet Explorer) is able to execute arbitrary programs through an embedded "shortcut" in a compiled HTML file. This allows the help system to start wizards and other programs as part of the help facility. Unfortunately, it also makes it unsafe for users to open help files obtained from untrusted sources"
Now help files are an issue.
Nick
Well, now I know wht my windoze got cray on me. :/ It tried to install OutLook 2k right after I clicked the attachment! Virus-activation?
BahahahahaaaaD....
Was it his intention to send the doc? Is this the new I love you-virus-clone? Probably was. The I LOVE YOU-virus works in the same manner: attaching a would-be textfile (.TXT) which shows a textfile while executing something else. The user doesn't know, because (s)he's laughing his/her head off! (it was a funny text) Since many users hide their file-extentions, the file looks like: file.txt instead of file.txt.shs
Boy.. Another confirmation: I *DO* hate micro$oft, windoze and all things/strings attached to it.
Rogier
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