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Re: New Worm similar to BadTrans.B? [Virus Checked]


From: Aron_Croft () asc aon com
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 12:35:31 -0600

The traffic you are seeing is the W95.MTX virus.
                                                                                
 It's been out since August of last year.  I don't know why the sudden increase 
 in traffic.                                                                    
                                                                                
 Aron                                                                           
                                                                                
 From Symantec.com:                                                             
                                                                                
 Also Known As: W95.Oisdbo, W95.MTX.dr, W95.MTX (.dll), W32/Apology-B           
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
   Technical description:                                                       
                                                                                
   Worm component                                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
   The worm component makes a copy of Wsock32.dll and names it Wsock32.mtx. The 
   Send export function of this .mtx file is then modified to point to its own  
   code. This allows the virus to mail a copy of the worm infected with this    
   virus to the same person to whom the user sends an email message (using the  
   same program).                                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
   Here is a list of file names that this virus might use when it sends the     
   infected worm to other people. For those files with .pif extensions, the     
   .pif extension might not be visible in your mail program.                    
                                                                                
                                                                                
   I_wanna_see_you.txt.pif                                                      
   Matrix_screen_saver.scr                                                      
   Love_letter_for_you.txt.pif                                                  
   New_playboy_screen_saver.scr                                                 
   Bill_gates_piece.jpg.pif                                                     
   Tiazinha.jpg.pif                                                             
   Feiticeira_nua.jpg.pif                                                       
   Geocities_free_sites.txt.pif                                                 
   New_napster_site.txt.pif                                                     
   Metallica_song.mp3.pif                                                       
   Anti_cih.exe                                                                 
   Internet_security_forum.doc.pif                                              
   Alanis_screen_saver.scr                                                      
   Reader_digest_letter.txt.pif                                                 
   Win_$100_now.doc.pif                                                         
   Is_linux_good_enough!.txt.pif                                                
   Qi_test.exe                                                                  
   Avp_updates.exe                                                              
   Seicho_no_ie.exe                                                             
   You_are_fat!.txt.pif                                                         
   Free_xxx_sites.txt.pif                                                       
   I_am_sorry.doc.pif                                                           
   Me_nude.avi.pif                                                              
   Sorry_about_yesterday.doc.pif                                                
   Protect_your_credit.html.pif                                                 
   Jimi_hendrix.mp3.pif                                                         
   Hanson.scr                                                                   
   F___ing_with_dogs.scr                                                        
   Matrix_2_is_out.scr                                                          
   Zipped_files.exe                                                             
   Blink_182.mp3.pif                                                            
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                







zeno <bugtraq () cgisecurity net> on 11/28/2001 08:30:51 AM

To:   p_turczak () wiwa de (Peter Turczak)
cc:   incidents () securityfocus com (bcc: Aron Croft/ASC/US/AON)

Subject:  Re: New Worm similar to BadTrans.B?  [Virus Checked]

I've been getting .pif ,exe .mp3 and ,scr also. Maybe 15 today alone.
All with same mime type you describe.

- zeno () cgisecurity com



Mailer: SecurityFocus

Hi,

our company has recieved some e-mails containing
the some attachments (all of them as mime-type
audio/wav) like:
IS_LINUX_GOOD_ENOUGHX.TXT.pif
MATRiX_2_is_OUT.SCR

But the filesize differs from the BadTrans.B worm
which we also recieved. Interesting output of
"strings IS_LINUX_GOOD_ENOUGHX.TXT.pif":

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