Author: Djordje Vidanovic
Date: 10:23:00 05/04/00
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On May 04, 2000 at 12:22:45, Frederic Friedel wrote: >On May 04, 2000 at 11:59:58, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: > >>What do you mean by "last night"? Problem is that a friend of his just made an >>update, probably a couple of minutes ago. The file is dated May 5 and as >>Indonesia is almost a day ahead, we seem to running behind, both figuratively >>and literally. >> > >The full source is now freely available on the Internet, so every third-rate >hacker can make his own variant of his "<i hate go to school>" [sic] virus. They >are going to be very difficult to find or shield against. > >This morning I lectured everybody on how never to open executable attachments to >emails. Now I discover that this is not enough. The file name of visual basic >script is LOVE LETTER FOR YOU.TXT.vbs. Most people have their file extensions >switched off (I believe this is the default in Windows?!) so the attachment >appears as LOVE LETTER FOR YOU.TXT and looks like a text file. So even cautious >people click on it, expecting notepad or whatever to fire up and display the >text. Instead the worm is executed and Windows does the rest (deleting files, >sending mass emails, even from other computers in the local network). Clever. >Insidious. > >Watch out for further information on CNN and Sky. Probably there will be a >statement by Janet Reno. I believe the virus has reached the East Coast, and >some are saying that the whole of the UK is down. I think maybe this is the Big >One. Serge, body count so far: one.
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