Forum Archive Index - May 2000

[Samuel Moore <SAM@ks.co.nz>]

Will

The latest is that it now has a new subject line.  'Very Funny' or 'Just a
joke'.  May be an idea to block these subject lines as well.

Cheers

Samuel

-----Original Message-----
From: Will Bryant [mailto:will@core-dev.co.nz]
Sent: Friday, 5 May 2000 15:54
To: sharechat@sharechat.co.nz
Subject: [sharechat] Protection against LoveLetter trojan


As you will have read, there is a new trojan circulating on the net.  It is 
spread only when you run the .VBS file attached to the message, and is 
easily identified as it has the subject line 'ILOVEYOU' and the attachment 
is called 'LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs'.  If you get such a message, delete 
it and inform the sender that they are infected.

This trojan does have an active payload - a reasonably nasty one - and so 
I've installed a temporary hack that will block all messages with the 
subject line 'ILOVEYOU'.  So, you shouldn't be at risk of getting this from 
the sharechat list.

If this causes any problems (ie. legitimate messages being blocked 
incorrectly), please contact me.

_______________________________________________________________________
Will Bryant, will@core-dev.co.nz                    cell +64 21 655 443
http://www.core-dev.co.nz/    Personal: http://www.core-dev.co.nz/will/
ShareChat Ltd. technical manager            http://www.sharechat.co.nz/
[PGP 0x96A7F40A, FP 827F A2A9 C718 106D 8F80  E16E A244 D5F2 96A7 F40A]


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