Re: Tracking SirCam

From: Nick FitzGerald (nick@virus-l.demon.co.uk)
Date: Wed Jul 25 2001 - 15:47:43 PDT

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    Gary Flynn <flynngnat_private> wrote:
    
    > > In the header of the message, everything looks dynamic, and so tracking it
    > > seems to be hard.  However, there is a slip -- the Date: header actaully
    > > appears as 'date:'.
    
    Which, while odd, is standards-compliant...
    
    > Sorry I haven't kept up with this one. This message seems to be saying
    > the virus engineers its own SMTP header.
    
    Of course -- it does *not* use Outlook, OE, Eudora or any other 
    mailer for doing its Email.  It has its own SMTP sending code so it 
    has to create its own headers...
    
    > Is the FROM: information correct?
    
    No.
    
    Except it "usually" will be...
    
    SirCam grabs some settings from the Internet Account Manager registry
    key, including the user's Email address and display name.  It uses
    those two for its "from" information headers (envelope and message).  
    Thus, From: will be "correct" if the victim machine has a correctly 
    configured IE, OE or Outlook (?) installation (and maybe other things 
    use the IAM keys/values too?).
    
    
    Regards,
    
    Nick FitzGerald
    
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