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Tim Gowen <tim@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:NAomfyA6JwE5Ewch@equipoise.demon.co.uk...
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> I've just seen the 6 O'Clock news, and a man at the Manilla-based ISP
> claims that he'd stopped a second, more harmful virus, which "could have
> enabled others to gain access to people's computers, steal credit card
> numbers and state secrets."

Having said that, there are now copy-cat versions going about :-(

> Sounds a bit too much to be true.  Gaining access to computers, yes, but
> the rest seemed a bit alarmist.

Dunno how deep a vbs script can go into the system, presume it's possible
since it is allowed to modify the registry.

> And if he stopped that one - which was imbedded in the first - how come
> he couldn't stop the first.  I think the problem here is that the
> journalists don't know what they're saying, and tend to not go into
> enough detail.

Or make it up if the story hasn't enough *meat* in it !!!!

Have heard that disabling Windows Scripting Host stops these sort of attacks
in the first place. Any comment anyone - I've done it anyway just in case
:-)

Bazza