On the previous page, you've seen how any kid that knows how to click a button can create a mass mailing worm. Nothing to it. This tool generates a VB script that
As this is purely Visual Basic scripting, it could do a lot of other things : VB script is designed to script just about any system administration task : create, modify or delete user accounts, files, ... . It also offers the possibility to start other applications and let those perform actions as well - as is demonstrated here with the 'Outlook' Application.
Downside (from the script kiddie's point of view) of this 'technique' is that
Still, this type of virus / mass mailing worm have been known to spread successfully. Apparently, there is a sufficient number of computers with Windows and Outlook, and a sufficient number of users that click on anything that is sent to them.
To make things worse, VB scripting can not only be used for scripts attached to an email message, but it can appear in Microsoft Word, Excel and other applications as so-called Macro's (a.k.a Visual Basic for Applications or VBA), and on web sites, so that it will be executed as soon as you visit the page where the script is present -- demo -- . All in the name of user-friendliness.
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Disclaimer
This page is, by no means, intended to promote the construction of malicious Visual Basic scripts. The scripts demonstrate basic VB techniques to create scripting objects to access a computer's file system, shell, ... , and run applications.
It should also illustrate that the support for VB scripting in just about anything from web browsers to email clients to other applications, is not necessarily a good idea.
For those tempted by the dark side : don't try it - it won't work anyway : anti-virus software detects the mass mailing technique applied here. Don't waste your time. Learn some serious programming in stead. And use it for something constructive.