Re: Worm_Netsky.P | Microsoft Security Bulletin (MS01-020) | Outlook Express

From: BeamGuy (nobody_at_spam.com)
Date: 03/27/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 22:07:29 -0500

Thanks for your reply, but I do not need help getting rid of the virus.
My question is if outlook express was trying to execute the attachment
without my directing it to do so. This is an old bug found a few years back
with IE 5.5, and supposedly patched by MS01-020; but it sure looks to
me like it was trying to do this.

It did not even show that the message had an attachment!

Is the patch listed by MS01-020 active...

Yes or No?

"rastapasta" <nospam_rastapasta @ ev1.net_nospam> wrote in message news:1069b18jleeacac@corp.supernews.com...
>
> "BeamGuy" <nobodys@SPAM.com> wrote in message
> news:%23$%23sK93EEHA.3096@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > I have installed all of them!
> >
> >
> > "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
> news:%23F5gL53EEHA.1228@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > Go to Windows Update and install *all* Critical Updates.
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "BeamGuy" <nobodys@SPAM.com> wrote in message
> news:ezKpxL3EEHA.2176@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > > | I just recieved a copy of this virus in my Email with Outlook Express,
> and have
> > > | a few questions about how Outlook express handled the message. As far
> > > | as I know I have all the lastest security updates installed for both
> win2k pro
> > > | and internet explorer 6.
> > > |
> > > | For one thing - in the inbox there was no paperclip icon that showed
> that the
> > > | message contained an attachment! Should it not be there?
> > > |
> > > | Next - when I opened the message outlook express decoded the virus
> payload
> > > | and wrote it to my temporary internet files folder automatically,
> before I even
> > > | got to see what was inside. My virus scanner caught it, but still, why
> did it do
> > > | this without my asking? This gives me little confidence that outlook
> express
> > > | was not going to do exactly what the virus maker wanted it to do and
> execute
> > > | the attachment too without my asking.
> > > |
> > > | Am I patched as MS01-020 says, or am I not?
> > > |
> > > |
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
> Yes, keep the Windows updated. Get the proper updated service packs, etc.
> Delete the email & get rid of it. Go here & do an online virus scan. This
> will get rid of Netsky.
> http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm
>
>
> ---
> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
> Version: 6.0.643 / Virus Database: 411 - Release Date: 3/25/2004
>
>

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