The mass-mailing virus attempts to send itself to all users found in the Windows address book and email addresses found in the temporary web browser cache. The worm can also send itself to all entries in user's address book.
The Gokar is a mass-mailing worm that spreads by emailing itself to all addresses in the user's address book. Happy Birthday, Yeah ok, so it's not yours it's mine :), still cause for a celebration though, check out the details I attached, This...
In Hotmail's version, incoming email from senders that match entries in the recipient's address book are displayed in what Hotmail calls its 'Today' page, which greets the Hotmail account holder with basic information about the account - along...
If by default the system uses Windows Media Player, the virus is activated and attempts to send HTML emails, each with a link to the virus file, to any email addresses in the computer's address book. When an unsuspecting user opens the infected...
Thunderbird offers a laundry list of features commonly available in email applications, including support for the IMAP, LDAP and POP mail protocols and HTML mail; message labels, search and an address book; return receipts, message filtering...
An attacker could create a malicious website that would copy all the entries in a Gmail user's address book, a potential treasure trove for spammers, according to a description of the problem on the "Googling Google" blog.
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