Re: New "concept" virus/worm?

From: Dan Jones (Dan.Jonesat_private)
Date: Tue Sep 18 2001 - 10:01:50 PDT

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    It also appears that when users connect to an infected web server the
    server will attempt to send/upload readme.exe to the user.
    
    On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 09:21:01AM -0700, Jay D. Dyson wrote:
    > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
    > 
    > On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Joao Gouveia wrote:
    > 
    > > I kept the executables for analysis, if anyone woud like to take a look,
    > > drop me an email. 
    > 
    > 	Anyone interested in examining the payload can also pick up a copy
    > at http://www.treachery.net/~jdyson/worms/readme.exe (MD5 hash of the
    > payload is at http://www.treachery.net/~jdyson/worms/readme.exe.md5).
    > 
    > > So, what I ask is, does anyone know about this worm?  I've done a quick
    > > search for it and couldn't find nothing like it. 
    > 
    > 	It's a two-prong worm.  It appears to be primarily disseminated
    > via e-mail, and then launches its attacks on web hosts upon successful
    > infection.
    > 
    
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