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Bagle latches on to antispam ploy
Three new Bagle variants discovered over the weekend differ from previous incarnations by using an antispam trick to try to avoid detection by antivirus software. Experts believe however the attempt won't succeed.
[blockquote]But now the Bagle author has released three new versions (N, O and P) of the worm that produce the password in the form of a graphic or picture file, so a simple text scan of the infected e-mail will not find the password. This trick is commonly used by Web sites to hide e-mail addresses from Web bots that trawl the Internet looking for potential spam targets.
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[blockquote]But now the Bagle author has released three new versions (N, O and P) of the worm that produce the password in the form of a graphic or picture file, so a simple text scan of the infected e-mail will not find the password. This trick is commonly used by Web sites to hide e-mail addresses from Web bots that trawl the Internet looking for potential spam targets.
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[link=http://news.com.com/2100-7355_3-5173129.html?tag=nefd_top]The full report[/link] - [link=http://www.short-media.com/comment.php?696]Related news[/link]
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