Latest WinWorm Spreads Via ICQ And Outlook 598
mgooderum was among the many to write in about yet another snippet of malice making the Windows desktop rounds: "The latest email virus -- 'Goner' -- is apparently running around this morning (AP news story on Iwon here - no login needed). The virus is a typical worm that spreads via attachments and user's address books. It appears as a message with an attachment that starts: 'How are you ? When I saw this screen saver I immediately thought about you...' Goner is apparently non-destructive other than the normal DoS issues with the load from it forwarding itself everywhere. What's moderately unique are two features. One is its ability to replicate via ICQ as well as the usual Outlook and Outlook Express. Two is its small size -- it has a packed form that is only 159 bytes. Symantec has details here; McAfee has details here." Update: 12/04 21:57 GMT by T : That should read 159 kilobytes. And as many posters have pointed out, "destructive" is in the eye of the beholder.
Maybe @Home's demise is okay... (Score:2, Funny)
The CEO of my technology company (Score:5, Funny)
It's been going on for over two hours now. I can't help but wonder if he's still over there trying to run that damn
Thanks, boss.
What? Still? (Score:5, Funny)
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Pure Wisdom (Score:5, Funny)
"The Bearcat Online email system is now blocking all messages with "Hi" as the subject."
Linux isn't ready for the desktop... (Score:1, Funny)
Finding the culprit (Score:5, Funny)
Sorry about the double-post... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:OT: "moderately unique"?? (Score:3, Funny)
I consider myself moderately unique in that my shirt size is an extra medium. I don't know many other people who take an extra medium, but if the shirt companies make 'em then I can't be fully unique.
Either something is unique or it's not, by crikey! Soon we'll have things described as "marginally special"
Well, at the local food store the manager often has things that are getting old on special... oh, you were talking about marginally...
or "slightly dead."
Ever see the Princess Bride? Wesley was not all dead when they took him to Miracle Max's....
Yes, non-destructive (Score:2, Funny)
a real "Trojan horse" (Score:3, Funny)
Next thing we know they'll be rewriting Microsoft's system auto-updater to download even more viral code into your system. Won't that be nice?
Re:159 Bytes? Not! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Gartner Group (Score:2, Funny)
No support here! (Score:5, Funny)
I am ashamed that anyone would intentionally use my Slashdot account name to bolster the popularity and reputation of their sick virus. I'm sure the hackers [adequacy.org] who created this monstrosity were well versed in such hacker tools as Bonzi Buddy [bonzi.com] and Lunix [lunix.org]. If they think I would come out and support such a destructive screen saver they are very, very wrong. If God wanted toasters to fly [macworld.com], he would have given them wings.
So, you hackers, where ever you are, Goner (of Slashdot lore) does not approve!
Re:*LOL*.. virus.. outlook.. *yawn* (Score:4, Funny)
That's why the LART was invented. If you can't get sense into 'em, beat it into 'em.
Yes, I actually kicked a user off the network one time because he already gotten _three_ warnings from me. And yet he still opened untrusted attachements.
*clicketyclick* no more DHCP lease, blocked by MAC address. His e-mail was directed to a temporary mailbox (so he couldn't get it from someone else's machine)
He never did it again. Good luser. After a few days I couldn't stand his whimpering and copied his mail back and reactivated his lease. Now he listened and behaved. Actually, it had a more positive effect: that story went around the office, and they now think twice before opening something they get from someone they don't know. Heck, some even switched from OutLook to something else (I've seen copies of Eudora and filled up Netscape Mail folders appearing on the workstations all of a sudden).
Sometimes you have to make it smart a little before they listen.
the Silent One speaks (Score:1, Funny)
Re:The CEO of my technology company (Score:5, Funny)
Shouldn't that be, "I send you this bill to ask your repair"?
Apropos Icon (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Pure Wisdom (better) (Score:3, Funny)
The problem? The steps outlined how to check the subject line for the word "hi" and permanently delete it and the message flag.
I tested this out, and Outlook isn't case sensitive, nor does it recognize if the target word is embedded. So any email with the word 'hi' anywhere in the subject would get deleted. (e.g. this, Chicago, chickenpoop, etc) It was also suggested that the exception be if your name was in the To or CC, but we use so many distribution lists, that wouldn't matter too much.
*sigh*
Ah, the brilliance of mainstream news... (Score:2, Funny)
unique (Score:3, Funny)
Re:That's Why We Get Paid... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Why do we put up with this... (Score:3, Funny)
Ever wonder why your hair-dryer has a warning that you shouldn't use it in the shower? It's very likely because some evolutionary dead-end once actually did use it in the shower, and a lawsuit came of it.
Hell, it even happens in Canada: some dumbshit teenager pulled a Coke machine onto himself, and his parents are trying to sue Coke for his abuse of the property!
Obviously, it's quite acceptable to find companies liable for the carelessness, incompetence, stupidity, or maliciousness of their products' users.
I fail to see why Microsoft isn't held accountable.
Re:Pure Wisdom (Score:2, Funny)
"The Bearcat Online email system is now blocking all messages with "Hi" as the subject."
Will someone please write a virus that uses the subject lines "Timesheets" or "Status"?
Re:The CEO of my technology company (Score:2, Funny)
Re:NTFS (programmers perspective) (Score:3, Funny)