RE: [Full-Disclosure] [Fwd: Last Critical Update]

From: Richard M. Smith (rms_at_computerbytesman.com)
Date: 09/23/03

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Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 17:19:34 -0400

    No user education is required. Any Windows email reader worth its salt
    should be automatically deleting all incoming attached files which are
    executable programs. Outlook has been doing this since the fall of
    2000. Outlook Express 6 also has this option, but it was off by default
    until recently. :-(
     
    Richard

    -----Original Message-----
    From: full-disclosure-admin@lists.netsys.com
    [mailto:full-disclosure-admin@lists.netsys.com] On Behalf Of Ralf
    Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 2:23 PM
    To: full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com
    Subject: [Full-Disclosure] [Fwd: Last Critical Update]

    FYI, now they deliver viruses/trojans as attachement to a fake
    "Microsoft security update" email.
    There was an "update336.exe" attached which I'm not forwarding (please
    ask offlist if interested).
    Today's AntiVir detected it as a Worm.Gibe.C.1

    Social engineering. One more thing to educate users about :-(

    R/

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