Re: IE Security Exploited by "britney.jpg" irc worm.

[Peter King <elvi52001 () yahoo com>]

yeah this is a fuckin unpatched vulnerability since few weeks, he are some links/tests :
 
http://www.k-otik.com/WMPLAYER-TEST/
http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/009917.html
 
Solution : Disable Active Scripting !!!
 
Cheers.

Tom Russell <kalleth () nildram co uk> wrote:
I'm not a technical person, but i haven't seen any posts here on the subject yet.
Today, a new virus/worm started spreading over most IRC networks, information below:
 
It spreads by saying the address of a "picture" file called britney.jpg on irc networks that you are connected to.
For more information (as i probably haven't explained it well) visit the following URL's:
 
http://charmy.tky.hut.fi/brit.txt
http://www.urwins.com/britney-step1.txt
http://koti.phnet.fi/jonninen/mircworms/britny.txt
 
god, i hate microsoft. i hate stupid people that click on random URL's pasted by people into channels more, though :P



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