Bill
2004-04-17, 04:50 PM
Many should already know this but there's a new netsky variant which is especially tricky, it can load a virus onto your machine apparently just by viewing an email in html mode.
It's not an attachment, it's a loader of some kind, and it's been showing up in my inbox. 31k, and it's very interesting looking when you view it in a text viewer
You can defend yourself by setting your prefs to only view email in text mode.
watch out, it comes as a letter with a subject like "Gateway refused connection".
Here's a bit of a news clip
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Netsky-V worm slithers without email attachment, Sophos reports
No need to double-click to be infected by Netsky-V
Sophos researchers have warned customers to ensure their computers are properly patched against known Microsoft security vulnerabilities as the W32/Netsky-V worm spreads without using email attachments.
Whereas other widespread versions of the Netsky worm have infected users by tempting them to double-click on an email attachment, W32/Netsky-V exploits security loopholes in Microsoft's software that mean users can be hit just by reading an email. Emails containing the exploit attempt to download a copy of the worm from another user's computer.
It's not an attachment, it's a loader of some kind, and it's been showing up in my inbox. 31k, and it's very interesting looking when you view it in a text viewer
You can defend yourself by setting your prefs to only view email in text mode.
watch out, it comes as a letter with a subject like "Gateway refused connection".
Here's a bit of a news clip
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Netsky-V worm slithers without email attachment, Sophos reports
No need to double-click to be infected by Netsky-V
Sophos researchers have warned customers to ensure their computers are properly patched against known Microsoft security vulnerabilities as the W32/Netsky-V worm spreads without using email attachments.
Whereas other widespread versions of the Netsky worm have infected users by tempting them to double-click on an email attachment, W32/Netsky-V exploits security loopholes in Microsoft's software that mean users can be hit just by reading an email. Emails containing the exploit attempt to download a copy of the worm from another user's computer.