Worm_fizzer.a

Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Mon May 12, 2003 3:42 pm

This is a mass-mailing worm that spreads via email, using its own SMTP server.

It sends an email message of varying formats to all the addresses found in Windows Address Book and Microsoft Outlook. An example of the email is shown below:

Subject: Fwd: moin lim
Message body:
I sent this program (Sparky) from anonymous places on the net.
Attachment: Elizab71.pif

The worm arrives as a file attachment with a .EXE, .PIF, .COM, or .SCR extension.

The malware also has the ability to propagate via Kazaa peer-to-peer file sharing network. Furthermore, it can connect to IRC servers and join channels so that it can perform its backdoor routines.

It runs on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP.

Source and more info:

http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyc...e=WORM_FIZZER.A

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Mon May 12, 2003 4:43 pm

Oh great!

Mozilla Mail is supposed to be MUCH more secure than Outlook or Outlook Express, and I hope that is true.

Mozilla isn't supposed to let anything run within the e-mail, unlike OE...

Anyway, some great advice is to NEVER open attachments unless you know what they are. (Or if they are from me.

)

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Wren · Post by **Wren** » Mon May 12, 2003 4:56 pm

My OE won't download any attachments. My family and friends are always sending me something cute, according to them. They don't know I never see those cute things!

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Mon May 12, 2003 4:59 pm

Wren wrote: My OE won't download any attachments. My family and friends are always sending me something cute, according to them. They don't know I never see those cute things!

You can change that, but I don't know if you want to!

Even if you disable attachments, OE has holes.... A LOT of holes... OE and Outlook are hackers' favourite e-mail programs to target......

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Wren · Post by **Wren** » Mon May 12, 2003 5:03 pm

I set it up that way. ZoneAlarm seems to be doing a good job too.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Mon May 12, 2003 5:29 pm

I rarely get virus emails. Someone tried to spread one and I was the starting point. I'm hard headed with that, the virus did not go far.

He kept sending it over and over. I replyed with a sentance that had the word FBI in it, and he suddently stopped.

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Mon May 12, 2003 5:31 pm

Wren wrote: I set it up that way. ZoneAlarm seems to be doing a good job too.

Okay, I have come to the conclusion that you are one geeky grandmother!

Remember: Geeky is always a good thing!

I haven't gotten a virus-infected e-mail in awhile. All of them didn't affect me, since I didn't open the attachments...

I was using OE back then though...

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Mon May 12, 2003 5:36 pm

I use Outlook, not OE but they both have mostly the same security problems.

I don't use the address book or the auto preview frame though.

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Mon May 12, 2003 5:40 pm

Red Squirrel wrote: I use Outlook, not OE but they both have mostly the same security problems.

I don't use the address book or the auto preview frame though.

I do use the Windows Address Book, and I really don't know why!

I like the autopreview feature.... Mozilla has a neat little feature that allows YOU to decide what HTML tags are allowed.... I think that is cool!

Does Outlook allow Javascript? Mozilla doesn't by default, but you can enable it.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Mon May 12, 2003 5:41 pm

I think it does allow it, but I've never seen it. Hopefully not since it could be used maliciously in html emails!

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Mon May 12, 2003 5:42 pm

Red Squirrel wrote: I think it does allow it, but I've never seen it. Hopefully not since it could be used maliciously in html emails!

Maybe you can disable it if it does.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Mon May 12, 2003 6:15 pm

This is Microsoft we are talking about.

Actually I can disable html if I want, but I rather not.

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Mon May 12, 2003 6:26 pm

Red Squirrel wrote: This is Microsoft we are talking about.

Actually I can disable html if I want, but I rather not.

I wouldn't disable HTML either.

A great add on for Outlook would be a few features that Mozilla has. The option to disable Javascript and the options to allow certain HTML tags but not others are some great features....

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