The way I read this is that it needs Acrobat full it will not work with
Acrobat Reader. Since Acrobat full isn't ported to Linux, we are immune.
Also, it will need MS Outlook and a way to run a vbs script. Only Windows
systems that have Acrobat full and MS Outlook installed will be vulnerable.
This doesn't seem to be a new linux virus.
Jim
On Wednesday August 08, 2001 10:00 am, Stuart Biggerstaff wrote:
> Actually, the way I read this, the script is embedded in the PDF. Not
> clear on whether it only works with Acrobat full, or if it works in Reader,
> but you just have to double-click the link instead of just clicking.
>
> At 09:56 AM 8/8/01 +0800, you wrote:
> >it uses the PDF extension only so that file association could
> >get the script executed...right?
> >
> >Ronnie Gauthier wrote:
> >>not sure if this is real but it sounds like it is.
> >>http://www.coderz.net/zulu/outlook.pdfworm.txt
> >
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