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Storm worm resurfaces
News The Storm worm is undergoing a resurgence but, unlike the first variant, which had an executable file as an email attachment, the latest Trojan-horse attack is delivered over the web. The Storm worm first emerged in January as an executable file...
[August 17, 2007, 12:30]
Bagle turns to verse
News Additionally, the worm uses a graphic of three cherries, similar to a winning result on a slot machine, as the icon for the executable attachment, said Network Associates, which is planning to change its name to McAfee.
[April 27, 2004, 8:40]
Pretty Park is back
News In general, unless you're expecting a file, don't ever open an email attachment, especially an executable file. The W32/Pretty.worm.unp (aka W32.PrettyPark) is back as a variant containing an unpacked version of the executable.
[March 20, 2000, 9:52]
Dumaru worm comes sniffing again
News It comes with an attachment called myphoto.zip, which contains an executable file. Because the virus includes a zipped attachment, rather than an executable one, it is more likely to penetrate a network security system that has been set up to repel...
[January 26, 2004, 15:50]
Antivirus firms fear Bagle's bite
News The worm arrives in email inboxes as a message containing few lines of text suggesting that the email may be from system administrator, as well as an executable attachment. Given that most corporate email servers block transmission of executable...
[January 19, 2004, 8:00]
Facebook enabling tailored email attacks
News In the attack claiming to be from the Better Business Bureau, the attachment was a rich text format document that contained an executable program disguised as a PDF file. In the September attack, more than 1,000 senior executives were sent messages...
[November 21, 2007, 11:24]
Spreading virus takes aim at SCO
News The body of the email contains an executable file and a statement such as: "The message contains Unicode characters and has been sent as a binary attachment. Mail systems that remove executable files from emails can stop the program from spreading.
[January 27, 2004, 8:30]
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP1 Security Update Email
Downloads Download now to prevent a malicious user from running an executable e-mail attachment on your computer. This update resolves a security vulnerability in Internet Explorer, and is discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-020.
[March 29, 2001, 8:00]
Pineapplesoft FastMail
Downloads Now any software that can launch an executable can email! Pineapplesoft(r) FastMail fully supports attachment, MIME, including quoted-encoding for text files and base64 for binary files. Allows you to send emails from a Windows command-line under...
[January 10, 2001, 7:00]
Internet Explorer 5.5 Certificate Spoofing Vulnerability Patch
Downloads In addition, this update includes a previously released update that eliminates a vulnerability that allows a malicious user to run an executable e-mail attachment on your computer. This update resolves several security vulnerabilities in Internet...
[June 30, 2001, 7:40]
KetuFile
Downloads In addition to licenses for the KetuFile GUI executable program, individuals or companies may purchase licenses for KetuFile in other forms, including source code licensing. Particular attention has been paid to designing KetuFile to allow fast...
[June 26, 2003, 8:00]
Experts play down Nolor worm threat
News Antivirus companies have played down the threat from the Nolor (aka Cailont) mass-mailing email worm -- a "garden variety" virus that spreads by sending itself to Windows address book entries through an executable attachment.
[April 29, 2003, 8:29]
Storm worm stirs up email virus chaos
News Email users should be on alert for messages with "love"-related subject lines and an executable attachment that would contain a Trojan virus, as well as messages with "Worm Alert! According to warning notices from Postini as well as VeriSign, which...
[April 16, 2007, 11:24]
MyParty worm is an unwelcome guest
News But what appears to be the URL www.myparty.yahoo.com is in fact an executable attachment capable of infecting a local machine with a copy of the virus. MyParty is the latest in a line of 'socially engineered' viruses that rely on the user to click...
[January 28, 2002, 12:51]
Netsky.D worm spreading at 'record speed'
News However, the worm is spread as an executable attachment and will cause infected computers to play a series of beeps from their PC speakers between 6 a.m.and 8.59 a.m.on 2 March. America has just woken up and will be opening its inboxes, and...
[March 1, 2004, 14:00]
Trojan attack targets top executives
News What it had in the attachment is an executable RTF file," a MessageLabs spokesperson said. The email, which contains no body text, includes an .scr screen-saver dummy file within an executable RTF file, the spokesperson said.
[September 25, 2007, 9:23]
Bilingual worm masquerades as Microsoft patch
News According to Finnish antivirus company F-Secure, Sober.D spreads either as an executable attachment or inside a password-protected Zip archive attached to an email. The email appears to be a Microsoft patch so people will of course double-click on...
[March 8, 2004, 11:40]
'Storm Worm' sweeps the globe
News Storm Worm is a Trojan horse with an executable file as an attachment. People who open the attachment then unknowingly become part of a botnet. "Storm Worm", one of the larger Trojan horse attacks in recent years, is baiting people with timely...
[January 22, 2007, 7:32]
Trojan exploits Outlook Express
News A second extension is an executable. Simply telling users not to open attachments, or worse yet, trying to teach them to identify "safe" attachments by their extensions won't make nearly as strong an impression as showing them how attackers can...
[February 20, 2003, 11:13]
Microsoft teaches 'safe practice' computing on-screen
News Perera said the new dialogue boxes will appear when a user tries to do something that is not considered "safe practice", such as opening an executable attachment. By using dialogue boxes to educate the user, we can tell them 'you can go ahead and...
[April 28, 2004, 10:05]
