Strengt tatt, hvis utstyret ditt er oppgradert med de siste duppeditter,
skulle du være gardert mot viruset. Men her er en link du kan bruke for evt.
finne frem til hva du kan gjøre i forhold til Winevar og Windows:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/?url=/technet/security/virus/alert
s/Winevar.asp
Pointet er at siste utgave av Windows programmene skal blokkere viruset (som
ødelegger Norton også hvis den får napp – men meningen er da at det ikke
skal få sjansen).
hilsen,
Chris
—–Opprinnelig melding—–
Fra: Heidi Grinde [mailto:heigri@online.no]
Sendt: 4. desember 2002 16:33
Til: O-ringen
Emne: Re: Virusfare
Dette lyder skummelt, Kristian. Mener du at et oppdatert Norton ikke
beskytter mot denne fæle ormen? Og hva er i tilfelle alternativet til
Outlook Express, hvis man fremdeles vil beholde Windows? Heidi.
—– Original Message —–
From: «Kristian Østberg»
To: «O-ringen»
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 11:07 AM
Subject: Virusfare
> Hvis det fortsatt er folk som bruker Microsoft Outlook og Outlook
> Express, bør de snarest gå over til et annet program. Følgende står å
> lese i dagens nettmelding fra Ziff Davis (som utgir PC Magazine):
>
> «While it’s not widespread yet, a worm called WINEVAR.A is making the
> rounds and is likely to do a great deal of damage to unprotected Windows
> computers. According to this technical description, the worm changes the
> ownership information in the computer’s registry, kills antivirus
> programs, and infects the victim machine with the Funlove virus. It also
> mails itself to the user’s e-mail contacts.
>
> But that’s not all…. It gets worse. The next time the machine is
> booted, the worm displays a dialogue box with an insulting message:
> «What a foolish thing you have done!» When the dialogue box is
> dismissed, the worm attempts to delete all the files on the hard disk.
>
> Unfortunately, WINEVAR.A is more virulent than some published accounts
> say it is. For example, a description in The Register states that one
> has to click on an attachment to trigger the worm. But alas, this is
> only true if the user is running an e-mail program other than Microsoft
> Outlook or Outlook Express.
>
> According to antivirus vendor Trend Micro, the worm «uses a known email
> exploit that causes the attachment to automatically execute when the
> message is viewed or previewed on Internet Explorer-based email clients,
> such as Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express.» It is this «feature»
> that should be of real concern to users and network administrators, as
> it may make WINEVAR.A as contagious as the ubiquitous Klez worm.
>
> Complicating matters, new reports indicate that some Winevar variants
> automatically execute, while others do not.»
>
> Kristian
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