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System:
Win98se - updates, patches, yada-yada...
EZ AV (v6.1.4.0 / Maj Sig 4008 / Min Sig 5004 - Oc 31)
MS JVM (ver 5.00.3810)
ZoneAlarm 3.7.211

I will admit to "recreational surfing"... and I've been hit on multiple
occations with the Java.ByteVerify.exploit trojan - verified and cleaned
by EZAV.

All MS's info says MS JVM ver 5.00.3802 and earlier are affected, but
later versions aren't... (Apparently not!)

Is there a known way to keep this bugger out.. Or should I just see
about ripping MS's JVM out and just sticking with the Sun version?

Many thanks.. and happy halloween!

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(BEHOLD! The power of the BOFH!)

This is an *exploit*, not a trojan. If you have the patched
version of JVM, you have nothing to worry about.


On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 18:54:33 -0500, in
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BuffNET Tech Support - MichaelJ scrawled:

>System:
>Win98se - updates, patches, yada-yada...
>EZ AV (v6.1.4.0 / Maj Sig 4008 / Min Sig 5004 - Oc 31)
>MS JVM (ver 5.00.3810)
>ZoneAlarm 3.7.211
>
>I will admit to "recreational surfing"... and I've been hit on multiple
>occations with the Java.ByteVerify.exploit trojan - verified and cleaned
>by EZAV.
>
>All MS's info says MS JVM ver 5.00.3802 and earlier are affected, but
>later versions aren't... (Apparently not!)
>
>Is there a known way to keep this bugger out.. Or should I just see
>about ripping MS's JVM out and just sticking with the Sun version?
>
>Many thanks.. and happy halloween!
>
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