Re: Email Harvesting virus?

["gregh" <chows () ozemail com au>]

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Joel R. Helgeson
> To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 12:44 PM
> Subject: [Full-disclosure] Email Harvesting virus?


> I came across an intersting event today. I haven't been able to research
it as much as I'd like, but I'd like to toss it out to the
> community just the same.

> A customers machine appears to be infected with some type of malware that
apparently harvests email addresses and puts them into > a file named '~'.
Just the tilde ~, no extention.  This file is created under the C:\Documents
and Settings\%username%\~.  I have
> attached a zipped copy of the file for refrence.


This happened a while ago in an MS update and it depends on a few things
where the tilde file ends up on your system. It is on desktop on most but in
My Documents, for example, on mine.

It is a WAB file or an email address book. Not a good idea sending that to a
list, BTW.

Greg.


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