WARNING: YOU WERE SENT A VIRUS 1

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My ISP checks for virus and then send me an email letting
me know i wass sent a virus. But I been getting alot of
these latly

" The virus software on myisp.net has reported that you were
sent a virus from nobody@lyndsey.gendns.net, with the subject "Website Info".
The E-mail containing the virus has been removed to prevent further damage.

[Outlook 'CR' Vulnerability] was found in file: [No attachment]"

Can anyone tell me what [Outlook 'CR' Vulnerability]is ?
Thanks


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[wreave]

See

http://www.declude.com/Virus/vulnerability.htm

which describes that message as meaning:

"This vulnerability occurs when an E-mail contains a single 'CR' character within the E-mail headers (as opposed to a 'CR' followed by an 'LF', which is used to end a line in SMTP). Outlook can treat this as the end of the headers, which would allow Outlook to see a virus that was embedded in the headers. RFC2822 2.2 says that CR and LF characters cannot appear alone in the headers. Also, there is no legitimate reason for an E-mail to contain a lone 'CR' in the headers."

There's also a discussion about this message at the Declude website that you might find interesting, but for some reason the URL won't cut and paste here correctly... Do a google search on "outlook CR vulnerability" - it's the first result that comes up.

 

[petermeachem]

A star for the link. The test mail is a useful check that I found ages ago and subsequently lost. Thanks for finding it again for me!

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