Re: TROJAN: Symantec: New Serious Virus found. (fwd)

From: Kevin Patz (jambo_catat_private)
Date: Wed Jul 16 2003 - 19:20:30 PDT

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    Update:  NAV and F-prot detect this sample with 7/16 definitions.  It must 
    be a modified or corrupted sample since the 7/15 defs didn't detect it.  
    NAV detects it as W32.Gruel@mm and F-prot detected it as W32/Fakerr@MM 
    (McAfee calls it that as well).
    
    >Oh, this is interesting.
    >
    >The little beastie claims to come from Symantec.  It's actually from some
    >joker (possibly a victim) in Guatemala.  Even comes with a .exe attachment
    >for those dumb enough to be suckered into believing it's actually from
    >Symantec.
    >
    >The payload has been saved at the following URL:
    >http://www.treachery.net/~jdyson/trojans/Symantec_Norton_Tool.exe
    >
    >Dunno if this qualifies as an "incident," but I'm sure you folks at
    >Symantec would like to know about this...
    
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