RE: Beware the Epstein Message!!!

[Dan Corcoran <DCorcoran@savantage.net>]

An additional security measure on this issue is to remove lists such as this
from one's mailbox.  Having a list such as this in your "Contacts" etc.
folder serves as a great point of infection.

Thanks,
Dan Corcoran

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Priest [mailto:a.priest@ecu.edu.au]
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 9:30 PM
To: apmg@raw.rutgers.edu
Subject: RE: Beware the Epstein Message!!!


Hi Michael

Not quite "without the knowledge of the user."   For the virus to be 
activated the user has to open the received file.  If the user has some 
basic security on their machine, e.g., show file extensions for example, it 
should highlight to the user that the file being received at least appears 
suspect.  In the case of the Sircam virus the files being received have two 
extensions.

Furthermore, if people set their email programs for delayed sending of 
emails the opportunity arises again for suspect activity to be identified.

Also in the case of many of these virus, the user should query why someone 
is sending them a file, which is most likely going to seem odd to them.

Finally, all computer users should be running up to date (the emphasis here 
on up to date) virus scanners and definitions.

Regards
Andrew Priest


At 02:02 PM 26/07/01 -0400, you wrote:
>If I understand the workings of this worm, no one actually put an
attachment
>on an email and sent it to apmg. What happened was the worm infected the
>user's pc and sent an email with the attachment to all those listed in the
>user's email address book. This happens without the knowledge of the user.

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