RE: [VIRUS] Applescript-Users you have a greeting card from Rand y.
RE: [VIRUS] Applescript-Users you have a greeting card from Rand y.
- Subject: RE: [VIRUS] Applescript-Users you have a greeting card from Rand y.
- From: Daniel Weinstein <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 10:09:55 +1100
This one got me too. Not too deadly, but a major annoyance.
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A summary of the problem:
Nov. 4, 2002 - "Friend Greeting" - friendgreetings.com,or friend-cards.net,
or friend-cards.com or cool-downloads.net or friendgreetings.net
What Is It?
An activeX control known as "Friend Greeting" that email's itself to
everyone in your address book. It is an annoyance more than anything. Some
company has come up with a way to distribute their "greetings" using
virus-like capabilities. The message arrives as if it were a greeting card
from a friend. When you click on the webpage to pick up the "Card" the
program installs an ActiveX control on your computer. There is no attempt to
obscure the original sender of the greeting, and the installation proceeds
as any normal application install would. In order to "see" the greeting card
you must install the ActiveX control on your computer. As part of the
installation, you're presented with a license agreement (typical for a
control). Buried within the license agreement you are agreeing to allow the
friendgreetings.com (or friend-cards.net, or friend-cards.com or
cool-downloads.net or friendgreetings.net) to go through your outlook
address book and email a "greeting card" to everyone you know. Now, since
they ASK your permission first and you AGREE to the license agreement - this
can't be classified as a virus. Supposedly you are knowingly allowing the
activity. Furthermore, the program makes no attempt to hide itself, and you
can uninstall it easily. But we all know that we rarely read the fine print
in the license agreement, and that this is a dirty underhanded thing for
them to be doing.
Since it's not a "virus" Norton or McAfee probably won't detect it as such.
Therefore, you can't rely on virus protection for this one - you have to
just be aware of it. As I said it makes no attempt to disguise itself.
To remove it in case you open it:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/friendgreetings.html
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http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/friendgreetings.ht
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