Latest Bagle varient spreads in password protected rar files

[Randal, Phil]

Bobby Rose wrote:
>
> Well considering that we had people email asking what to use
> now that password protected zips are blocked, we suggested
> winrar which also has password protection.  Some researchers
> tend to want to transfer stuff securely to other researchers
> at other institutions and had been using Winzip.  Now may be
> using winrar in light of Bagle.

Or have switched from WinZip because of this:

  http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=76&type=vulnerabiliti

Hint - if you haven't switched from WinZip or upgraded it (ouch,
there goes your cash flow down the drain), maybe you should.

Cheers,

Phil
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Phil Randal
Network Engineer
Herefordshire Council
Hereford, UK