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RE: [ok] Possible Virus/Trojan
From: "Todd Towles" <toddtowles () brookshires com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 22:05:46 -0500
It is a very smooth idea if it is a new e-mail worm. I haven't been able to find any information from any AV companies on something like this. If it is some kiddie trying to be smooth with me, this could be a new technique to come. -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Farmer [mailto:andfarm () teknovis com] Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 6:06 PM To: Curt Purdy Cc: 'Mailing List - Full-Disclosure'; 'Todd Towles' Subject: Re: [ok] [Full-disclosure] Possible Virus/Trojan On 25 Jul 2004, at 12:06, Curt Purdy wrote:
Todd Towles wrote:I received an e-mail today that looked very much like a virus. Here is the message Attachment - erupts.avi.exeSubject - New Southern California wildfire erupts<snip>Either this is a new Trojan that changes it body and subject based on the current AP news or someone used a very lame trick against me. =)I'm guessing the latter. Although story scraping would be possible, intellegent naming of the .exe would not be. Most likely a friend... or enemy.
Sure it would be. In this case, at least, the executable is just named based on the last word of the headline plus ".avi.exe". _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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