AppleScript virus note on Macintouch.
AppleScript virus note on Macintouch.
- Subject: AppleScript virus note on Macintouch.
- From: Bill Briggs <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 18:03:48 -0300
Sorry for the double post.
Have any of you heard anything about this alleged virus? This is from
Macintouch, but I don't see anything on any of a few other relevant
sites I checked:
[14:20 ET] Readers are reporting a Simpsons AppleScript virus that, when
launched, opens Outlook Express in the background and sends a copy of the
original message, and the script, entitled "Simpsons Episodes," to everyone
in your address book. (We have received no reports of destructive behavior
from the script, however.)
We are waiting to hear back from some of the virus centers with more
details and additional confirmation, but the worm does appear to be similar
to many of the PC-specific Visual Basic scripts that have floated around the
net over the last few years.