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DATE | 2009-01-21 |
FROM | Ruben Safir
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SUBJECT | Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] BBC is just full of good news today
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From lest-hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Wed Jan 21 08:42:50 2009 Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id n0LDgmGh002100 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:42:50 -0500 Received: (from majordomo-at-localhost) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id n0LDgmaL002099 for hangout-outgoings; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:42:48 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: www2.mrbrklyn.com: majordomo set sender to lest-hangout-at-nylxs.com using -f Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id n0LDgjea002092 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:42:47 -0500 Received: (from ruben-at-localhost) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id n0LDgjV4002091 for hangout-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:42:45 -0500 Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:42:45 -0500 From: Ruben Safir To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] BBC is just full of good news today Message-ID: <20090121134245.GA2085-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: lest-hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com
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
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