IP: E-mail worm Gokar spreading

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
> Subject: E-mail worm Gokar spreading
>
> E-mail worm Gokar spreading
>
> By David Becker
> Staff Writer, CNET News.com
> December 13, 2001, 2:55 p.m. PT
>
> Security experts warned Thursday of a new mass-mailing computer worm
> that has the potential to swamp corporate e-mail systems as it
> spreads.
>
> The Gokar worm--full name: "W32.Gokar.A@mm"--spreads as an attachment
> to an e-mail. The subject line and text of the message can be any
> combination of more than two dozen options, according to antivirus
> software maker Symantec. The attachment is named with a seemingly
> random collection of letters and numbers ending in one of the
> following extensions: .pif, .scr, .exe, .com or .bat.
>
> ...
>
> http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8170731.html

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