[plug] OT: homepage email

[Ben Jensz]

Its not really harmful, it just emails itself to everyone in your address
book, adds a registry entry and opens up a porn web site from one of 4 that
it chooses.

Its called VBSWG.X, other names are VBS.VBSWG.X and VBS.Homepage .


/ Ben

----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Scott" <simon.scott at flexiplan.com>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] OT: homepage email


> Dunno... our virus protection is sooooo tight that it wont even let
> me *look* at the script, let alone run it.
>
> I guess someone somewhere is already analyzing it, but it aint me :)
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> From: Andrew Barbara <Andrew at mmtnetworks.com.au> on 09-05-2001
> 03:41 PM
> Please respond to plug at plug.linux.org.au@SMTP at Exchange
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au@SMTP at Exchange
> cc:
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> Subject: Re: [plug] OT: homepage email
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> is the virus harmful or jus a joke???
> so far 2 of our clients have it!!!
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> >>> Simon.Scott at flexiplan.com 05/09/01 03:00pm >>>
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> Hi guys
>
> Once again we can laugh til we cry - yet another vbs 'virus' is
> doing the
> rounds, sending NT administrators into a frenzy.
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> Damn I love Microsoft :)
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> **********************************************************************
> This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and
> intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they
>
> are addressed. If you have received this email in error please
> notify
> the system manager.
>
> This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept
> by
> MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses.
>
> www.mimesweeper.com
>
> **********************************************************************
>
>
>
>
>
> **********************************************************************
> This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and
> intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they
> are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify
> the system manager.
>
> This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by
> MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses.
>
> www.mimesweeper.com
> **********************************************************************
>