[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: MAC OSX worm?
- From: Barb Hahn <andrewhahn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Stormy435@xxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:38:49 -0800 (PST)
http://www.nbr.co.nz/home/column_article.asp?id=14401&cid=3&cname=Technology
Is a link explaining this new worm. According to this
article it is passed thru iChat messages only. There
is supposed to be a request to open a file named
latestpics.tgz which if opened then is saved to your
hard drive and sends the file to everybody on your
buddy list. Symantec has downloadable definitions for
it.
Barb
I found the first link thru the search engine
"dogpile" so it is now dog related. <BG>
--- Stormy435@xxxxxxx wrote:
> My son, who is more "teckkie" than I am, sent me a
> couple of warnings.
> 1) There is a "worm' out there that will attach to
> IM downloads. Now, I
> don't download off of my IM, but for those that
> do.....just be careful of those
> that you do download.
> and
> 2) I don't understand this at all, but it has been
> found that the ZIP file
> that automatically 'unzips' on your desktop, have a
> glitch somewhere that can
> allow those that wish to do this evil thing, to
> somehow embed a viri in it that
> goes into your address book. I have the website
> link someplace that explains
> it better than I did, if you are interested. I
> just went into my
> preferences and unchecked the automatic 'unzip' in
> both AOL and Safari.
>
> And this is dog related, because if I get a Viri**
> I will be doggoned
> madder than *(%@*.
>
> STORMY
> Who is beginning to breathe a little better and not
> hacking QUITE as much :-)
>
>
> Stormy Hope
> *~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*
> Dog's love is different, it requires no return
> UPDATED 2/11/06....CHECK IT OUT!!!!
> www.FairhopeGSD.com
>
>
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