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Re: [Fwd: Re: sober.z to hit tomorrow]


From: Wil Schultz <wschultz () wilcomm net>
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 08:02:42 -0800


And here i was expecting .ZIP file from the FBI and CIA telling me that I need to full out a "survey" :)

-Wil

Martin Hannigan wrote:

Here is some more interesting information. I'm not positive this is Sober.Z related but it's walking like and talking like a duck.

First I see the below DNS requests, shortly after I see many SMTP packets hitting Hotmail, AOL, Yahoo.com, Yahoo.co.uk, Progegy, etc.... Looks like it's... Sending SPAM?!?!

No! Not that!

This I didn't expect at all, here is a trace from one of the known infected users:


This is how these folks make money.




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