FW: [Securityfocus-bugtraq] New MiMail variant is DDoS'ing SCO.com

["Remko Lodder" <remko () elvandar org>]

there was was a question for this i thought,
so forwarded from secfocus.

cheers
thanks to Thor Larholm
from pivx solutions

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Kind regards,

Remko Lodder
Elvandar.org/DSINet.org
www.mostly-harmless.nl Dutch community for helping newcomers on the
hackerscene

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Onderwerp: [Securityfocus-bugtraq] New MiMail variant is DDoS'ing
SCO.com


MiMail.R, also known as W32/Mydoom@MM (McAfee), Novarg (F-Secure),
W32.Novarg.A@mm (Symantec), Win32.Mydoom.A (CA) and Win32/Shimg (CA), is
a polymorphic variant that collects/spams/forges email addresses using
its own SMTP engine, installs a backdoor (most likely for use by
spammers) and engages in a DDoS attack against SCO.com by routinely
sending 63 HTTP requests. It's send as a ZIP attachment containing an
executable file with the file extension masked by numerous spaces.

McAfee is calling this a High Outbreak worm, which definitely fits the
bill according to the number of samples we are receiving.

Is the SCO.com DDoS an attempt at distraction from the fact that this
virus installs a proxy backdoor?

CA used to have a removal tool at

http://www3.ca.com/Files/VirusInformationAndPrevention/clnshimg.zip

but it's no longer available.

More information:

http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=mydoom
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_MIM
AIL.R
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.novarg.a@mm.
html
http://www3.ca.com/solutions/collateral.asp?CT=27081&CID=54593



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