[PLUG] Anyone want a copy of the new Microsoft virus?

Derek Loree derek at infotects.com
Thu Oct 31 20:44:22 UTC 2002


On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 12:27, Patrick Beart wrote:
> At 10:53 AM -0800 10/31/02, Derek Loree wrote:
> >On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 18:43, Patrick Beart wrote:
> >>  At 3:24 PM -0800 10/30/02, Rich Shepard wrote:
> >>  >   My corporate attorney just sent me a copy of the FriendlyGreeting.com
> >>  >virus that was discussed here last week. Anyone want a copy -- with full
> >>  >headers, of course?
> >>
> >>
> >>	Technically, this is NOT a virus, it's "malware". Some sites
> >>  are calling it a "worm", however,  most likely due to user stupidity
> >  > or ignorance in blindly clicking "yes" on the EULA.
> >...snip...
> >  >
> >>	Symantec, in particular, has not posted a position on the
> >>  issue for those who are interested.
> >
> >Not true, they were a bit late, but:
> >
> >http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.friendgreet.worm.html
> >>
> >  >	http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.friendgreet.worm.html
> 
> 
> 
> 	Sorry, syntactical error. The "not" was incorrect. My 
> sentence reads properly with out the negative. The URL reference 
> contradicts the erroneous inclusion of the word, "not."
> 
> 	Thanks for catching the bad wording.   ;-)

My mistake, too.  I didn't try the url that you had sent before
replying.

Derek 
> 
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