Author: Aaron Tay
Date: 08:47:37 08/28/02
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On August 28, 2002 at 09:29:16, pavel wrote: >On August 28, 2002 at 08:29:11, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: > >>On August 28, 2002 at 07:38:21, pavel wrote: >> >>>Chill Russel ;) >>>It's actually not as bad as one might think, I also got 7-8 viruses. >>>It's preety easy for the @mmm type viruses to get e-mail addies from "Temporary >>>Internet Files", and randomly send emails to the list with random infected >>>files. >>>If the person only sent Shreddersettings and nothing else >> >>That was precisely my case. I got 7 shreddersettings emails and nothing else, >>all infected. >> >>Enrique >> > >I still think it was randomy sent, as I and most others, seems to get more than >one file, ( I got 3 differant type of file, one was Sherredsetting, one was >screensaver the other I don't remember). > >Your case could easily be a random case. > >It's hard for me to believe that someone will go through all that trouble to do >it intentionally because, with @mmm viruses if he wants to do it intentionally, >he will need to infect himself first. Not exactly, you can find virus samples, and send them manually without being infected first. Still, I agree it's not likely to be sent on purpose.Espically since viruses nowdays can choose file names from existing past files. So if the unexpecting visitor has the file shreddersettings (perhaps he used in once) sitting around, the virus with the same file name can be sent. Makes sense from the point of the virus writter since this makes it more likely to be opened then a random file from it's own list.So the fact that it was a file name that might trick you into opening it, doesnt necessary mean it was done on purpose by the sender. On the other hand, because the file name cannot be predicted in advance by the virus writter, the accompanying email text is often vague and generic. "Here is the file you requested" is a classic one I would say it's a lot more suspicious if the attachment was accompanied by a long email text that fitted the file name and implied that it was a shredder setting file sent on purpose. Something like "I have tested thousands of setting and in my tests i have found a setting that improves shredder by 200 elo points! I have attached the settings.." The exception are viruses like Klez that send file attachments with limited names chosen from a specific list (I think one variant sent antivirus name files). For those, Klez can select a longer text since the attachment file name is known in advance and the text can be "worked in" more naturally.. >It's that irritating. People panic too easily. Many of the virus attachments are so obvious just by looking at the text accompanying it. As long as you are using one of those safer email clients that does not execute attachments automatically (outlook express is one), it only harms you if you run the attachment. I have 3-4 emails attachments with viruses sitting safely in my pegasus mail folders for years. My antivirus detected it in the mail folders, but it's totally inert and not activiated in memory.. >cheers, >pavs
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