Re: Fwd: YOUR PAYPAL.COM ACCOUNT EXPIRES

[Irwan Hadi <irwanhadi () phxby com>]

On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 12:52:24AM -0200, Rodrigo Barbosa wrote:

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> On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 04:43:16PM -0800, Larry Hand wrote:
> > Anyone else seeing this? It comes with an attachment Paypal.asp.scr. 
> > Anyone know what it is? It sure looks suspicious.
>
> I beg your pardon, but ... suspicious ?!?! :)

Actually the answer just came right now:
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32mimaili.html

W32/Mimail-I is a worm which spreads via email using addresses harvested from the hard drive of your computer. All 
email addresses found on your PC are saved in a file named el388.tmp in the Windows folder. 
In order to run itself automatically when Windows starts up the worm copies itself to the file svchost32.exe in the 
Windows folder and adds the following registry entry: 

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\SvcHost32 

The emails sent by the worm have the following characteristics: 

Subject line: YOUR PAYPAL.COM ACCOUNT EXPIRES 

Message text: 

Dear PayPal member, 

PayPal would like to inform you about some important information regarding your PayPal account. This account, which is 
associated with the email address 

<your.own () email address added here> 

will be expiring within five business days. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause, but this is 
occurring because all of our customers are required to update their account settings with their personal information. 

We are taking these actions because we are implementing a new security policy on our website to insure everyone's 
absolute privacy. To avoid any interruption in PayPal services then you will need to run the application that we have 
sent with this email (see attachment) and follow the instructions. Please do not send your personal information through 
email, as it will not be as secure. 

IMPORTANT! If you do not update your information with our secure application within the next five business days then we 
will be forced to deactivate your account and you will not be able to use your PayPal account any longer. It is 
strongly recommended that you take a few minutes out of your busy day and complete this now. 

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE VIA EMAIL! This mail is sent by an automated message system and the reply will not be 
received. 

Thank you for using PayPal. 

Attached file: www.paypal.com.scr 

If you run the worm, a dialog box pops up requesting you to enter a range of information about your credit card. This 
includes your full credit card number, your PIN, the expiry date, and even the so-called CVV code (this is an 
additional three-digit security code printed on the back of your card which is not recorded by credit card machines 
during transactions). The dialog includes a PayPal logo in a further attempt to appear legitimate. Information entered 
into the form is sent out by email. 

Note: do not act on web links or attachments sent to you in emails which claim to come from banks or financial 
companies. The apparent source of an email is too easily forged. 
 
 


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> > Subject: YOUR PAYPAL.COM ACCOUNT EXPIRES
> > Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 03:29:00 -0500
> > From: PayPal.com <donotreply () paypal com>
> > To: lhand () co la ca us
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> Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob () suespammers org>
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