Greetings All!
I am a lactnet lurker and have noticed your virus discussion. I realize
that most of you have Norton's protection, but for those who got infected,
I thought that these sites would be useful. What caused my greatest
concern was the statement given below that Badtrans.B can capture credit
card information and passwords which it then passes on to malicious users.
If you got the virus, you should probably change passwords and watch your
credit card statements closely. Sorry to bear bad tidings...back to lurking.
Kathy
>Hello All,
>
>Windows Internet Explorer users please be aware. Fix your systems
>before you get struck or worse strike me.... (Sorry for advertising for
>CNET. If you prefer, you may watch microsoft adds instead at:
>http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/?IE You will get the same patches.
>(Sorry for advertising for M$. Although, I don't think this is very
>positive advertising.))
>
>-YHASSA
>
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>Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 15:38:43-0500 (EST)
>From: CNET Virus & Security Newsletter
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> Subject: Two new worms spreading worldwide
>
>CNET | VIRUS & SECURITY NEWSLETTER
>Two new worms spreading worldwide
>November 28, 2001
>Vol. 1, No. 1
>
>After an extended hiatus, CNET Software is re-launching its Virus & Security
>newsletter. Thanks for waiting-we’re sure you’ll find this new version just
>as timely and helpful. This newsletter will arrive in your inbox every other
>Wednesday, or when necessary in case of a virus outbreak.
>
>Virus writers don’t observe holidays. They don’t take days off, either.
>Over the Thanksgiving holiday here in the United States, two worms--both
>exploiting the same vulnerability in Internet Explorer--began filling e-mail
>inboxes worldwide. Badtrans.B is a revised version of a worm that carries a
>password-stealing Trojan horse, but this time around, it can launch
>automatically without any user interaction. The same is true with the very
>small (only 4KB) and not very dangerous Aliz worm. Both automatically
>executing worms are spreading rapidly, so do your part to stop them: If
>you’re running Internet Explorer 5.01 or 5.5 and haven’t updated the
>software, download the MS01-020 patch below from Microsoft today. Or, just
>upgrade your current version of Internet Explorer to the latest, version 6.0
>below.
>
>Robert Vamosi
>Virus & Security Guru
>CNET Software & Internet
>
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>________________________________________________________________
>
>IN THIS ISSUE:
> 1. Alert: Beware Badtrans.B
> 2. Alert: Aliz spreads worldwide
> 3. Downloads: Microsoft MS01-020 patch and Internet Explorer 6.0
> 4. Downloads: F-Secure Antivirus demo
> 5. News: Worm hits home for the holidays
> 6. Subscribe and unsubscribe
>_________________________________________________________________
>
>1. Alert: Beware Badtrans.B
>
>A new version of this worm executes automatically on some computers. An
>included Trojan horse captures passwords and credit cards, then sends that
>information to malicious users.
>
>http://www.cnet.com/software/0-7760531-8-7897462-1.html
>_________________________________________________________________
>
>2. Alert: Aliz spreads worldwide
>
>This non-destructive but very annoying worm overloads e-mail servers with
>copies of itself.
>
>http://www.cnet.com/software/0-7760531-8-6323501-1.html
>_________________________________________________________________
>
>3. Downloads: Microsoft MS01-020 patch for Internet Explorer 5
>
>Stop Aliz and Badtrans from spreading by updating your Internet Explorer
>5.01 and 5.5 software with this patch from Microsoft.
>
>http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10105-100-7992598.html
>
>Or upgrade to Internet Explorer 6.0
>
>http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0,10151,0-3364664-106-0-1-0,00.html
>
>_________________________________________________________________
>
>5. Downloads: F-Secure Antivirus demo
>
>A multilayered virus-protection system, F-Secure Anti-Virus performs
>simultaneous scans using the F-Prot and AVP antivirus engines
>simultaneously. This technology allows several scanning engines to be
>plugged in to scan the files side-by-side for current and future protection
>against virus threats. Download a demo here:
>
>http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10093-100-6626647.html
>
>Or, choose from a selection of antivirus products here:
>
>http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0,10151,0-10093-106-0-1-0,00.html
>
>___________________________________________________________
>
>6. News: Worm hits home for the holidays
>
>Find out the latest regarding the Badtrans.B infection from News.com.
>
>http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7979449.html
>
>______________________________________________________________
Kathleen K. Hodgdon
Sr. Research Assistant
Penn State University Applied Research Lab
P.O. Box 30
State College, PA 16804-0030
phone: 814-865-2447
fax: 814-863-7270
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