Security Alert

Phil Graham (pw.graham who-is-at student.qut.edu.au)
Fri, 11 Jun 1999 14:26:38 +1000

FYI
phil
>Today's hot topic concerns an
>e-mail with an attachment that has a name of 'zipped_files.exe' .. you can
>read all about it at:
http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/worm.explore.zip.html
or http://www.mcafee.com/viruses/explorezip/default.asp
>
>If you receive one of these programs or documents via e-mail that is
>unexpected or unsolicited (even if it apparently comes from someone that
>you know and trust) please *DO NOT* execute or "open" it; *DO NOT*
>configure your e-mail client or web browser to automatically open/execute
>any such files/documents.

>Anybody who executes programs (.exe, .cmd, .bat, etc. files; untrusted
>Active-X controls, Visual Basic programs (in MS Office tools), etc.) that
>come as unexpected attachments from *ANY* source is asking for trouble. The
>code or commands that will be executed is entirely under the control of the
>author of the program or document, and thanks to the facilities provided by
>Microsoft, can do just about anything to your computer that you can do
>sitting in front of it. You are exposing your machine to the possibility
>of destruction of data, software and even, in some cases,
>firmware/hardware