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Thought i'd post this for anyone who thinks AV software is not neaded.
Thats the second hit in two days. I must of pissed some one off. Both emails untraceable back to source.Quote:
Norton AntiVirus removed the attachment: your_letter.pif.The W32.Netsky.D@mm threat was detected in the attachment.
Jinxy
that's becouse of the finer workings of netskyQuote:
Both emails untraceable back to source.
read up on it..
http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=256861
http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=256987
http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=255339
etc.
etc..
Wauw, 2 hits in 2 days :rolleyes: We've blocked 17000+ Netsky.d and 11000+ Netsky.b variants in march :cool:Quote:
Originally posted here by jinxy
Thats the second hit in two days. I must of pissed some one off. Both emails untraceable back to source.
With reference to this Post.
http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=256861
This is why i posted, as if i had No AV i would be infected.Quote:
According to this article here, the latest variant of Netsky doesn't even need anyone to open an attachment as it uses XML (which can be rendered through an email client in a preview pane). Downright scary!
Just a reminder to those who may doubt the use of AV.
Jinxy
Edit. Yes SirDice but i'm a home user how many box's are on your network and how many emails go through it. Compaired to what i recieve.
But how effective is a virus scanner against an infection via the Preview Pane? If it's in the message, then a virus scanner wont pick it up untill AFTER your infected and it creates its first file. The preview pane is a stupid idea anywayz.
Scanned before the preview, the message is downloaded by the AV and scanned before bieng passed to email client.