Heh, heh. Guess who uses outlook :-) Endless source of amusement as a linux user watching the VB script worms play out. I think you actually have to click on this one, though the double extension helps as many users won't see the 2nd .vbs, just the .jpg. Adam On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 08:09:32PM -0500, Vin McLellan wrote:
Hi: Check This!
Yep. Vorm writers are getting smarter. It seems as though VB lets you embed executable (compiled, I assume) code in a .vbs file, so a casual observer can't easily tell what this one does. -Declan On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 09:37:33PM -0400, Adam Back wrote:
Heh, heh. Guess who uses outlook :-)
Endless source of amusement as a linux user watching the VB script worms play out. I think you actually have to click on this one, though the double extension helps as many users won't see the 2nd .vbs, just the .jpg.
Adam
On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 08:09:32PM -0500, Vin McLellan wrote:
Hi: Check This!
On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 09:37:33PM -0400, Adam Back wrote:
Heh, heh. Guess who uses outlook :-)
Endless source of amusement as a linux user watching the VB script worms play out. I think you actually have to click on this one, though the double extension helps as many users won't see the 2nd .vbs, just the .jpg.
The double extension doesn't hide the .VBS - that's just Microsoft's usual "hide the extension since the couch-potato user doesn't want to see how the magic works" feature. The trick with double extensions is that after Explorer or Outlook hides the .VBS, the user sees the ".JPG" and says "Oh, this is a picture, I'll click on it", instead of "Hmmm, this is something I don't recognize, better leave it alone." Similar tricks are used for .doc.vbs, .xls.vbs, .txt.vbs, etc. Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639
From: "Bill Stewart" <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
The trick with double extensions is that after Explorer or Outlook hides the .VBS, the user sees the ".JPG" and says "Oh, this is a picture, I'll click on it", instead of "Hmmm, this is something I don't recognize, better leave it alone." Similar tricks are used for .doc.vbs, .xls.vbs, .txt.vbs, etc.
Using Outlook Express 5 here, and nothing is hidden. Both extensions (.jpg.vbs) are shown on this attachment.
Me <commerce@home.com> wrote:
Using Outlook Express 5 here, and nothing is hidden. Both extensions (.jpg.vbs) are shown on this attachment.
You have set your "View" options to include "Show extensions for all files." This is not the default behavior of Windows since Windows95, so most people don't have this option enabled. -- Riad Wahby rsw@mit.edu MIT VI-2/A 2002 5105
From: "Riad S. Wahby" <rsw@mit.edu>
You have set your "View" options to include "Show extensions for all files." This is not the default behavior of Windows since Windows95, so most people don't have this option enabled.
View->[X] Hide file extensions for known file types If there is another option that alters this, or overrides it in OE5, I do not know of it and have not changed it from it's default.
On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 08:49:22PM -0500, Me wrote:
View->[X] Hide file extensions for known file types
If there is another option that alters this, or overrides it in OE5, I do not know of it and have not changed it from it's default.
So who really gives a rat's ass what windoze lamers set their shitty OS to do one way or another? Duh! Why spam the list with this crap? Here's to the script kiddies -- may they live long and fruitful lives, creating more and better (and better hidden) fun things!
And, if you are so concerned about CP's purity of discussion, why are you cluttering it with this? If you need instructions on how to use a mail-filter, I would be happy to help. From: "Harmon Seaver" <hseaver@arrowhead.lib.mn.us>
So who really gives a rat's ass what windoze lamers set their shitty OS to do one way or another? Duh! Why spam the list with this crap? Here's to the script kiddies -- may they live long and fruitful lives, creating more and better (and better hidden) fun things!
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