First JPEG Virus Posted To Usenet

Posted by timothy on Monday September 27, 2004 @02:12PM from the one-neck-to-wring dept.

Shawn writes "This could possibly be the worst viruses yet! Earlier this month Microsoft announced a problem in their GDI driver that processes the way JPEG images are displayed. Someone has finally posted an exploit to Usenet. Easynews, a premium Usenet provider, found the virus Sunday afternoon. Up-to-date information about how we found it and what it does is located at www.easynews.com/virus.txt. When this picture is viewed it installs remote management software (winvnc and radmin) and will connect to irc."

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Re:Well... by CoolMoDee · 2004-09-27 16:00 · Score: 1, Troll

speaking of pop ups..imagine if they landed their way into some pop ups..even more havock for windows users. Sometimes I wonder when they will wise up...

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