Re: A worm...

["Nexus" <nexus () patrol i-way co uk>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Kruse" <kruse () krusesecurity dk>
To: <full-disclosure () lists netsys com>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 1:57 PM
Subject: SV: [Full-disclosure] A worm...

[snip]

> malicious code inside the new rar format and spread it. I suppose it´s
> fairly easy to write a worm that packs itself with a random password and
> inserts this into a e-mail sent to the victim. This way it will pass
> most AV-gateway scanners since they won't have access to scan inside the
> zipe archive.

In that case [the content analysis engine] should automatically quarantine
the attachment and await human intervention.
Otherwise, why bother with them at all ?   It's an odd world when the
preferred solution is an application rather than user edumacation.

Cheers.

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