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Re: Right-wing computer virus
From: Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2003 01:49:37 +1200
"Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com> wrote:
I just received the attached email message. The original message contained an attached file with a computer virus in it. ...
_WHich_ computer virus? You know, depending how you count there are arguably anywhere between about 10,000 and 100,000 computer viruses, so that statement is exceedingly devoid of meaningful content... Even limiting ourselves to self-mailing viruses, there are many thousands to choose from, so the above still stands.
... The message attempts to trick people into running the virus to learn how "dangerous" Richard Perle, Ann Coutler, and Michael Savage are. ...
Doesn't look like that to me at all. In fact, it looks an awful lot like many currently somewhat common mass- mailers that not only collect Email addresses from all manner of files likely to contain such, but also randomly snag snippets of "text" from the same files (or specifically from existing Email messages) to use in their messages. Note how the "message" ends mid-word? (Well, after one letter...) That is common of several such viruses...
... Victims are of course going to learn a much different lesson: Don't click on file attachments!
Unlikely -- folk dumb enough to run such things are what keep you and I in business and it seems exceedingly unlikely they will stop fornicating with each other any time soon...
The full name of the virus file is "THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.eml.exe".
Again, quite likely randomly "stolen" from the victim machine. Again, quite common among currently common viruses. And how many times do I have to say that file names per se are exceedingly poor "symptoms" to report, especially if they are the only symptom reported? -- Nick FitzGerald Computer Virus Consulting Ltd. Ph/FAX: +64 3 3529854 _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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