It's actually a well-established idea - using viruses to patch vulnerable
machines.
It's not done to help you. Sorry. It's done to protect the Internet from
your machine. If your machine is vulnerable, it can be used by anyone to
send spam or viruses around the internet.
"Patching" viruses are
ng it.
> I think it was mentioned that the virus is encrypted in ZIP
> format with a
> randomized password as it is being propagated.
Is it possible to create Encrypted.Tar, Encrypted.Sit, Encrypted.(etc...)?
The built-in Zip-decompresser in XP supports all kinds of formats besides
.ZIP, so I
if-I-get-a-virus-it's-my-own-fault-an
d-I-promise-not-to-blame-the-email-system
This particular extension could be exempted from executable/zip magic
detection. :)
Matthew van Eerde
Software Engineer
Hispanic Business Inc.
HireDiversity.com
805.964.4554 x902
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> From: Mimmus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I will retry when current flood of Worm.SomeFool.Y slows...
How can I see a description of this virus?
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Is it even possible for ClamAV on an MTA to block WALLON-style virii that
only include a link to themselves?
http://secunia.com/virus_information/9323/
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perl -e"print join er,reverse',',
> From: Crucificator [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ...
>
> I am really annoyed.
http://www.therainiervalley.com/queen_anne_news.html
In my experience on mailing lists one can only expect a helpful answer if
the question is (a) short and (b) contains all pertinent info on your
particular setup (wha
