Re: new nasty email virus trick to bypass scanners
However, the user can be easily socially engineered to open the file and blam. The text of the message is nice and enticing making it look like private email with dirty pictures accidentally sent to the user...
<opinion> Someone should create some form of standard 'README' document for the layperson using the internet in regards to viruses, maybe template it and send it to ISP's, so when new users sign up, they'll have a `slight' clue as to why they're now getting those "RPC WARNING YOUR COMPUTER WILL SHUT DOWN IN 60 SECOND" messages. Then again many people wouldn't read it, unless of course an ISP stated something silly to the extent that 'You will be held responsible* * *", of which would be a horrible policy. It would be a nice thing for both the user, and the network engineers/admins to have something in place to minizmize the reach of viruses and trojans. Hell it would have been nice for MS to invest in creating safer products as opposed to paying `bounty hunters'. </opinion> =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ J. Oquendo GPG Key ID 0x51F9D78D Fingerprint 2A48 BA18 1851 4C99 CA22 0619 DB63 F2F7 51F9 D78D http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x51F9D78D sil @ politrix . org http://www.politrix.org sil @ infiltrated . net http://www.infiltrated.net "I watch gangster flicks and root for the bad guy and turn it off before it ends because the bad guy dies" 50 Cents - 'Assassins' This is a farce confidential disclaimer intended to make you aware that even though this may be priveledged information, being it will become Google cache in the future, my original intentions of keeping this message restricted and/or private are thrown out the door. If you have received this e-mail in error, please enjoy this signature and destroy this message by dousing it in gasoline.
At 05:52 PM 03/12/2003, J. Oquendoy wrote:
Hell it would have been nice for MS to invest in creating safer products as opposed to paying `bounty hunters'.
This is a total social engineering issue... Not much different than the "wallet inspector" asking to check your wallet. More clever, but the same thing in the end. ---Mike
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