-=PCTechTalk=- =PCTechTalk=- " Warning ! ... Adobe Acrobat Trogen Horse on the prowl "
- From: "Tech Rose - LoveBytes" <TechRose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:41:33 -0700
Thanks for this..I will forward this on to friends.....
Finally good news for Vista folks...we are not affected
Thanks again,
Rose
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Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 1:30 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- " Warning ! ... Adobe Acrobat Trogen Horse on the
prowl "
>~ Attack PDF prowls for unpatched Adobe Reader PC`s ~
> This is a short read . There is a patch available .
>
> Origional announcement from PC World:
>
> http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php?id=1569899120&fp=4&fpid=762453&eid=110
>
> The rogue PDF document is attached to spammed e-mail, and arrives with a
> filename such as YOUR_BILL.pdf or INVOICE.pdf, said Symantec. It exploits
> the "mailto:" protocol vulnerability disclosed more than a month ago by
> U.K.-based researcher Petko Petkov. Don`t open this mail ... it will
> launch the virus and install it on your PC .
>
> From C/Net news com:
> On Tuesday morning, Network Associates' McAfee antivirus division became
> aware of the first virus--known as "Peachy"--that uses PDF to spread, said
> Vincent Gullotto, senior director of McAfee's Avert group.
>
> The Adobe patch page :
> http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-18.html
>
> The patch involve`s editing the registry ... Ugh !
>
> We might need some help on this one ... being as the Registry is a no
> man`s land for a lot of us .
>
> More later ... if I can discover a quicker, problem free solution, to
> getting rid of this nasty virus threat .
>
> So far this vernability is at low risk ... no customer`s have reported on
> an occurance .
>
> Adobe is working on a patch release .
>
> Send this warning to your friend`s .
>
> LiL OL Me
>
>
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