[PLUG] The big virus in the news

Ian Burrell ian at znark.com
Mon Aug 25 08:56:01 UTC 2003


Steven A. Adams wrote:
> 
> Helper app that runs linux compliant vbscript imbedded in html as root?
> You have such a thing? Why?
> 

There is no VBScript or HTML in Sobig.  It is just a Windows executable 
marked as a .pif file.  It doesn't even use any of the Outlook bugs to 
change the displayed type or to automatically run the attachment.  It 
relies completely on users running the attachment.

  - Ian

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