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[internetworkers] fun with Windows malware

From: Sil Greene <quack AT ibiblio.org>
To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [internetworkers] fun with Windows malware
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 17:28:18 -0500 (EST)

So now there's an adware thingy out there that will not only install itself on your machine, but if it figures out that you don't have the
.Net framework already installed, will download it *for* you and silently install it.

http://www.vitalsecurity.org/2005/03/65mb-malware-install.html

This must suck for dialup users. Wheeeeeeee!!

--s

[internetworkers] fun with Windows malware, Sil Greene, 03/05/2005