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Outlook Harbors New Worm | |
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| Time: 18:20 EST/23:20 GMT | News Source: CNET | Posted By: Julien Jay | ||
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Antivirus experts have warned about a new e-mail worm that uses Microsoft Outlook to spread. "Troj_Apost.A" is a worm rather than a Trojan horse, as its name suggests. The malicious e-mail arrives with the subject line "As per your request!" with the message, "Please find attached file for your review. I look forward to hear from you again very soon. Thank you." When the attached file entitled "Readme.exe" is executed, it will try to copy itself to the floppy drive. It will then self-propagate by e-mailing itself to all addresses listed in the infected user's address book. | ||
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| #1 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 9/4/2001 6:28:48 PM |
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I'm sorry, but that "worm" is by definition a trojan horse.
A worm is something that happens in the background without user intervention, such as Code Red with IIS servers. A Trojan horse is a gift sent to you by the greeks, and only causes problems if you choose to bring it inside your city gates. i.e. when the attached file entitled "Readme.exe" is executed. |
| #2 By 135 (64.214.61.241) at 9/4/2001 11:03:39 PM |
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By default Windows doesn't display file extensions.
All the file says is Readme. Yeah the icon looks like an executable instead of a text document, but nobody can really tell the difference. |
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