Post #20,250
12/4/01 5:22:50 PM
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Sigh. Will they *never* learn? Going, going, goner.
Will people NEVER learn to stop clicking on attachments?
The [link|http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/12/04/011204hngoner.xml|Goner] worm.
This is actually one of the least sophisticated worms since Melissa, but it's spreading like wild. It's not one of these HTML-activated in the viewing window worms. It's a pure click-on-it worm.
(sigh.)
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
-- Donald Knuth
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Post #20,255
12/4/01 5:50:13 PM
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Uhh.. do I right-click or left click? or both?
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Post #20,262
12/4/01 7:01:30 PM
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It only works if you middle-upside-down click it.
-YendorMike
"The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by the skeptics or the cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need people who dream of things that never were." - John F. Kennedy
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Post #20,265
12/4/01 7:53:36 PM
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Click your heart out, you'll get there someday
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
-- Donald Knuth
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Post #20,302
12/5/01 8:04:02 AM
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If they were using Outlook XP they wouldn't have a problem
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Post #20,311
12/5/01 9:35:04 AM
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Spoken like a true M$ hack
"What's that? You say our program has defects? Well, we vehemently deny that, but, if you'll just fork over wads-o-cash and upgrade to our latest version, all your problems will go away. Really. We mean it this time. What's that? You say we promised that with each of the last 73 patches and upgrades and that was wrong? Well, we got it right this time, trust us."
Sorry Andread, your promises ring just a tad hollow given M$'s history.
Brian Bronson
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Post #20,313
12/5/01 10:08:07 AM
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Well Brian
I have received quite a few Goner virus messages at my office
I am using Outlook XP
When you click on the attachment, you get a message saying that the execution of a potentially dangerous attachment is blocked
Thus the virus did not infect my computer
You can argue about whether the new features in Outlook XP constitute overkill but they can hardly be called promises
A
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Post #20,325
12/5/01 11:04:59 AM
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I've clicked on those attachments for years . .
. . but they all refuse to run under OS/2.
[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]
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Post #20,348
12/5/01 1:34:54 PM
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**chuckle**
jb4
(Resistance is not futile...)
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Post #20,350
12/5/01 1:44:40 PM
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You can do the same thing under Office 2k.
I don't remember right now, but there is an option (that you must tweak yourself) to prevent the execution of all scripts and executables.
The fact that this is even necessary does, to me, indicate a fundamental flaw in the system however.
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #20,418
12/5/01 8:58:25 PM
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not a new feature, available since day 1
they just made it the default behavior instead of a savvy user having to figure it out. Glad to see improvement.
thanx,
bill
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thshirt back "fscked another one didnja?"
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Post #20,420
12/5/01 9:06:23 PM
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It's going to take the bad guys almost a week
to figure out how to avoid tripping the XP danger check. The good guys, I trust, already know how but haven't done it yet.
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Post #20,485
12/6/01 1:00:48 PM
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There's more to it than that, actually...
It basically blocks out any executable content.
If somebody installed a scripting system on the computer that used a non-standard extension, then you might be able to sneak through that, but you wouldn't be guaranteed of catching most windows users.
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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