 Autorun Worm Invades ZIP files |
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 Jun 6 2009, 07:16 AM
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QUOTE Stealth technique used by malware is considered a core characteristic which has been developed, improved, redesigned, and reused. Michael Tants, Threat Researcher at Regional TrendLabs in Europe, has notified us of a worm that has a unique way of hiding: on infection, WORM_AUTORUN.JFZ writes a copy of itself in every ZIP-compressed file it finds on a system. blog.trendmicro.com
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Jun 7 2009, 10:27 PM
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Indecisive Lurker Group: Members Posts: 1,232 Joined: 14-February 08 From: A galaxy far, far away... Member No.: 190,231 |
......ugh....ew......autorun worms....and they're getting worse.
Does it still affect people who have their computers vaccinated or will it still bypass is what I wonder.... -------------------- Posting lurker of bleepingcomputer.com
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Jun 8 2009, 12:31 PM
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From the article, it looks like one protection is to change Windows default settings so that all extensions are seen.
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