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The Complexities of Viral VB Scripts
White Paper Scripting (VBS). From a few faltering starts we now have viruses that have multiple components with the ability to infect several applications from one VB script. VB script viruses are now commonplace and we are seeing the merging of script viruses... [03 Jul 2008]
Windows Server 2003 POP3 Queue Overflow
White Paper To achieve this, the authors created a little VBS file (VB-Script) that would take all the emails from the POP3 directory and place them into a temporary location. Recently, the authors ran into a situation where they would see queue overflows on a... [01 Dec 2006]
VBS.Manis@mm / HERMOSO DESEO (Symantec)
White Paper VBS.Manis@m is a Visual Basic Script (VBS) worm that copies itself to the Windows \Temp folder as Humanismo.html.vbs. The email message is as follows: Subject: HERMOSO DESEO Message: HEY OLVIDA LA GUERRA, ABRAZA LA PAZ Attachment: Humanismo.html... [27 Apr 2004]
VBS.Funcess (Symantec)
White Paper VBS.Funcess is a Visual Basic Script (VBS) worm that attempts to send itself by mIRC and Pirch IRC clients. If it finds these files, it creates the files Script.ini or Events.ini, respectively. It determines whether it has already infected your... [27 Apr 2004]
I-Worm.Gigger (Kaspersky)
White Paper The worm is written in JavaScript and Visual Basic Script (VBS). This is a dangerous worm. It replicates using Outlook, Outlook Express and mIRC. It contains destructive payload routines that are able to format the user's hard disk after reboot... [23 Apr 2004]
VBS.Elliv (Symantec)
White Paper VBS.Elliv is a Visual Basic Script (VBS) virus that appends itself to files with the extensions .vbe and .vbs so that its code is executed after the script's normal code. [21 Apr 2004]
VBS.Fundll@mm (Symantec)
White Paper VBS.Fundll@mm is a simple Visual Basic Script (VBS) worm that sends itself as an attachment to all addresses in the Microsoft Outlook address book. When it is executed, VBS.Fundll@mm attempts to copy itself as the following files C:\Windows\System... [21 Apr 2004]
Virus Alert: Shakira joins the chick-worm posse
News Sophos suggests blocking files with two suffixes, such as ".jpg.vbs", which are used by virus writers to fool users into thinking that a malicious visual basic script is a harmless picture attachment. [06 Jun 2002]
Forbidden love and Alan Titchmarsh
Comment Shall I compare thee to a .vbs script virus? Nothing sets the heart racing or the loins aflame like the love that cannot or should not be. We find a rich vein of examples in western literature: consider Romeo and Juliet or Catherine and Heathcliff... [09 Mar 2002]
Worm Warning: Britney pics carry a nasty surprise
News The worm requires ActiveX to be enabled for the VBS script to run so it tries to get the user to enable it with a message: "Enable ActiveX To See Britny Pictures". The worm, called VBS/Britney-A spreads via both Microsoft Outlook and Internet Relay... [28 Feb 2002]
Virus warning: Europe risks IT disaster for Lopez's buttocks
News The 17KB attachment is entitled "JENNIFERLOPEZ_NAKED.JPG.vbs" The script wipes a range of files, and more alarmingly, attempts to wipe a computer's hard disk and flash Bios, potentially rendering the computer useless. [30 May 2001]
Melissa virus is back
News The .vbs (visual basic script) programme is hidden in the email with a message which reads: "Want to find your love mates! Once the Matcher arrives in the Outlook inbox, users are invited to open a file W32/Matcher which then unleashes a mass... [18 Apr 2001]
Security alert: Don't open NakedWife
News The .vbs (visual basic script) programme is hidden in an email entitled FW: NakedWife, with a message which reads: "My Wife never looked like that :), Best Regards. US workers were tempted into opening the malicious email file entitled 'NAKEDWIFE... [07 Mar 2001]
Little Davinia causes virus havoc says Panda
News Once an infected machine is rebooted the VBS script overwrites data on the hard disk and network drive. Panda claims the infected companies have lost a large amount of data in the attack, which links users to a web page that silently downloads the... [15 Jan 2001]
Kakworm makes top spot in Christmas virus charts
News According to anti-virus vendor Sophos, 17 per cent of all calls to its helpline over the last 12 months have been about the visual basic script (VBS) worm which attacks Microsoft Outlook users. The annual list shows the destructive power of script... [12 Dec 2000]
