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E-mail from Norton this morning-
There is a new virus circulating with the information :
Subject: Where are you?
Body text: This is my pic in the beach!
Attached file: JENNIFERLOPEZ_NAKED.JPG.vbs
Norton has not as yet released a definition for this. You should probably delete the mail and let your IT department know. This appeared in the middle of the night, so I am wondering if BUDA might not be entirely wrong? Double bluff virus anyone?
[This message has been edited by fast bloke (edited 01 June 2001).]
There is a new virus circulating with the information :
Subject: Where are you?
Body text: This is my pic in the beach!
Attached file: JENNIFERLOPEZ_NAKED.JPG.vbs
Norton has not as yet released a definition for this. You should probably delete the mail and let your IT department know. This appeared in the middle of the night, so I am wondering if BUDA might not be entirely wrong? Double bluff virus anyone?
[This message has been edited by fast bloke (edited 01 June 2001).]
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Anything ending in VBS is potentially bad - it's a visual basic script that could do absolutely anything...
NEVER launch anything like this, particularly when it appears unsolicited and is masquerading as something else.
NEVER launch anything like this, particularly when it appears unsolicited and is masquerading as something else.
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OK, this is a variant of the VBS.Loveletter Virus (first seen on 5th May 2000!) - currently there are 82 mutations known.
Virus defs in the last couple of weeks should pick it up (as VBS.Loveletter.Variant) and yesterday's update will pick up this one specifically.
As chiark says, NEVER open anything with a VBS/COM/EXE extension - even better, never open anything unless you have asked for it.
Pictures JPG/GIF etc are fine, but notice that what some viruses do (including this one) is to call something ABC.JPG.vbs in the hope that you will see .JPG and open it without noticing the .vbs bit!
Also, many viruses these days contain a payload that deploys a trojan on your machine, if infected: so that a hacker can gain access to your computer, either to grab information or, more likely, to make you part of a DDOS attack. If you have a decent firewall installed (and if you don't, why not!) it should block such attempts.
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Virus defs in the last couple of weeks should pick it up (as VBS.Loveletter.Variant) and yesterday's update will pick up this one specifically.
As chiark says, NEVER open anything with a VBS/COM/EXE extension - even better, never open anything unless you have asked for it.
Pictures JPG/GIF etc are fine, but notice that what some viruses do (including this one) is to call something ABC.JPG.vbs in the hope that you will see .JPG and open it without noticing the .vbs bit!
Also, many viruses these days contain a payload that deploys a trojan on your machine, if infected: so that a hacker can gain access to your computer, either to grab information or, more likely, to make you part of a DDOS attack. If you have a decent firewall installed (and if you don't, why not!) it should block such attempts.
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probably a good idea if you remove the vbs association (view, options, file types)just in case. It seems that every man and his dog is copying the 'Iloveyou' virus script and rebadging it....now if it was britneynaked.vbs.....I may be tempted!
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come on it's got to be
VBH in oil change catastrophe, she is dripping
sorry for the lark but it's friday and i'm off on hols soon..........only 1 full week to go
jase
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VBH in oil change catastrophe, she is dripping
sorry for the lark but it's friday and i'm off on hols soon..........only 1 full week to go
jase
[This message has been edited by jase555 (edited 01 June 2001).]
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