Disguised worm evades antivirus software.......

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/08/02/worm/index.html
This worm disguises itself by arriving as a zip file which most scanning programs allow. A zip file is usually a method of condensing information so it can move faster over the Internet.

If a user clicks on the attachment, the worm is launched and creates a mass-mailing of itself, which may clog mail servers or degrade network performance.

Once the problem was identified, corporate computer administrators began blocking e-mails that contained the "message.zip" attachment.

As of Friday night Microsoft had not yet posted a patch, or a fix, for the problem.


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Here's the patch for Outlook Express: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330994
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Reply #4 Top
tech: or a really smart Windows user

:rolleyes:
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If Linux had the same user base as windows it would be as big a target as windows.