New Crazy Virus - Might Explain the Escrow.com thing
 

beaware peopel

http://www.theregister.com/2004/11/04/phishing_exploit/

Fraudsters have developed phishing emails capable of automatically stealing bank log-in details without requiring users to click on a website link, email filtering firm MessageLabs warns.

Over the last two weeks, MessageLabs has monitored a small number of these dangerous new emails, which are capable of sidestepping the need for user intervention in phishing attacks. Users who only open maliciously constructed emails to be exposed to risk. These emails contain scripts that rewrite the host files of targeted machines.

This means that next time a user attempts to access their online banking account they will be automatically redirected to a fraudulent website instead, enabling their log-in details to be stolen. So far, MessageLabs has only intercepted copies of emails targeting three Brazilian banks, but if the technique catches on it could have potentially serious consequences.

A defence is available. Providing surfers have Windows Scripting Host disabled they are not at risk from this particular type of phishing attack. MessageLabs said the technique illustrated the increased sophistication of phishing techniques fraudsters are developing.

Alex Shipp, senior anti-virus technologist at MessageLabs, said: "By reducing the need for user intervention, the perpetrators are making it easier to dupe users into handing over the contents of their bank accounts. Most banks have advised their customers to be wary of any email asking for personal banking details, but in this case all they have to do is open an apparently innocent email and their bank details could be silently sabotaged.

"We currently detect between 80 and 100 new phishing websites a day, showing just how prolific the threat has become. It is a moving target, making it harder to identify and defend against," he added. ®

sers who only open maliciously constructed emails to be exposed to risk.

Will people EVER learn?

No so its important to alert people

Get help get computer help ;)

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Maliciously constructed but innocent looking.

It is hard enough to convince people not to click on .exe .bat.dat etc attachments in their email.

Now to explain to them that just opening an innocent looking email could be dangerous?

Forget it. Just disable windows scripting host and get Uncle Fred, Grandma etc to install Anti virus/spyware and keep it updated so they don't keep calling us "experts" up every other day to come fix their comps :)

;) I haven't got a virus for a longgggggg time now

Yeh heard about that one.

Congrats! Would you like a cookie? ;)

I feel sorry for the people who don't know a lot about computers and get spyware. It's so easy to get talked into, and for some it completely ruins their computer.

Whats the dif between VBS and VBE ?
i have both

wow, you must own a computer or something.

Just make your hosts file read-only :)

where is it located ?

I'm so behind in the times..... I think it's fucking CRAZY to do your banking online.

it's an EXE file.


It has picutres that can be extracted.

Yes it does do all of what he said Search for my posts.

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For the guy that asked:
\windows\system32\drivers\etc\

It's a text file called "hosts" (no extension)

Note, the HOSTS file is in use when Windows is running and can't be directly modified. It can be done in DOS but a simpler method is to use a program to do it. Hostman is a freeware I've used several times and works fine.
http://www.haztek-software.com/?page=hostman

cool prog

have heard about it, doesn't look threathning enough.

Good looking out man, just got an email from them offering to buy one of my sites just deleted it. Thanks!!!!

Fucking brazilian scammers. They're stealing millions.

I have accounts on one of these banks.

The police caught over 50 persons the last few weeks.