HEADS UP - viruses in password protected zip files

Spicer, Kevin Kevin.Spicer at BMRB.CO.UK
Mon Mar 1 10:15:00 GMT 2004


[third hand answers vorrowed from a discussion on the clam list]
David Höhn wrote:
> Does th euser have to enter a password? 

Yes

> is the password written down
> inside the Mail ? 

Yes, uses a social engineering trick to get them to enter it

>Is it a random string?
> 

Seems to be a random number from the two examples quoted so far




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