Re: New "concept" virus/worm?

From: Nick FitzGerald (nick@virus-l.demon.co.uk)
Date: Tue Sep 18 2001 - 16:28:13 PDT

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Ryan Russell <ryanat_private> replied to Brett Glass:

> > Will it infect
> > a system that's running Windows NT/2000 but not IIS?
> 
> Through IE or Outlook/OE, yes.
> 
> > If a Windows 95/98/ME
> > user opens it, will his or her system begin to spread the worm as well?
> 
> yes.

...and, in both cases, will infect through open shares and once the 
machine is restarted, will spread thus from that machine.


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