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Davio
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 Posted - 09 November 2004 : 20:45:36
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By Gregg Keizer, TechWeb News
New versions of the MyDoom worm that began spreading late Monday afternoon are among the fastest-ever exploits of an unpatched Microsoft vulnerability, security experts said Tuesday.
MyDoom.ag and MyDoom.ah, as McAfee dubs the worms, appeared just five days after a bug in Microsoft's Internet Explorer was disclosed by security firms, including Denmark's Secunia. The IE vulnerability, named IFRAME after the HTML tag that can cause a buffer overflow, is being used by the new MyDooms to infect machines. There is no patch available for the flaw in IE.
"We're not surprised to see [the new MyDooms,]," said Alfred Huger, the senior director of engineering for Symantec's security response team, "since it's really simple to exploit this vulnerability.
"It's not quite a zero-day exploit, but it's close," he added.
Read More: http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/52600229 |
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Davio
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Posted - 09 November 2004 : 20:46:41
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| This vulnerability does not affect XP users that already have Service Pack 2 installed. All other users are proned to this bug in IE. |
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Da_Stimulator
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Posted - 09 November 2004 : 21:04:18
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Glad you talked me out of using IE as my main browser davio  as I just un-installed SP2.... |
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Davio
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HuwR
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Posted - 10 November 2004 : 03:37:43
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MyDoom.ag and MyDoom.ah only include a Web site link in the transmitting message. Clicking on that link, which hypes an adult Web cam site or claims a $175 PayPal credit awaits
looks like another virus aimed at idiots. If people are stupid enough to click on links in emails they deserve it. |
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Just looking out for you!