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DATE	2009-01-21
FROM	Ronny Abraham
SUBJECT	Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] BBC is just full of good news today
Bet it's from China or Russia. On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Ruben Safir wrote: > Got vista? > > > Windows worm trickery for Vista > Autorun screenshot > The "Open folder" option appears in the "Install or run program" list > > The Conficker virus has opened a new can of worms for security experts. > > Drives such as USB sticks infected with the virus trick users into > installing the worm, according to researchers. > > The "Autoplay" function in Vista and early versions of Windows 7 > automatically searches for programs on removable drives. > > However, the virus hijacks this process, masquerading as a folder to be > opened. When clicked, the worm installs itself. > > It then attempts to contact one of a number of web servers, from which > it could download another program that could take control of the > infected computer. > > Bad guys > > The worm is unusually clever in the way that it determines what server > to contact, according to F-Secure's chief research officer Mikko > Hypponen. > > "It uses a complicated algorithm which changes daily and is based on > timestamps from public websites such as Google.com and Baidu.com," said > Mr Hypponen in a blog post. > > "This makes it impossible and/or impractical for us good guys to shut > them all down — most of them are never registered in the first place. > > "However, the bad guys only need to predetermine one possible domain for > tomorrow, register it, and set up a website — and they then gain access > to all of the infected machines," he added. > > It has also emerged that the virus automatically disables the automatic > updates to Windows that would prevent further infection. > > As the virus - also known as Downadup - has spread to an estimated 9m > computers globally, a number of high-profile instances of the virus have > arisen. > > The Ministry of Defence has been battling an outbreak of the virus > across its network for more than two weeks, and on Tuesday a network of > hospitals across Sheffield told technology website The Register that > more than 800 of their computers had been infected. > > Users are urged to download the KB958644 Security Update from Microsoft > to mitigate the risk of infection. > -- > http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Interesting Stuff > http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software > > So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 > > http://fairuse.nylxs.com DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 > > "Yeah - I write Free Software...so SUE ME" > > "The tremendous problem we face is that we are becoming sharecroppers to our own cultural heritage -- we need the ability to participate in our own society." > > "> I'm an engineer. I choose the best tool for the job, politics be damned.< > You must be a stupid engineer then, because politcs and technology have been attached at the hip since the 1st dynasty in Ancient Egypt. I guess you missed that one." > > (c) Copyright for the Digital Millennium >