Site-blocking worm carries phishing risk

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which browsers are affected? the story claims that all are. i seriously

doubt this.

Biviano said the Crowt variant can redirect people, regardless of which browser they use.

"It uses the Windows associations to launch a file, so it will open your default browser," he said. The worm affects Microsoft Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP, and spreads by sending itself out to e-mail addresses found in the Windows Address Book.

This statement assumes that alternate browsers use the hosts file.

and that alternate browsers would allow the worm to be installed. (or other email software)

i would like to see proof of this before blindly accepting this guys word.

yo.

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