mimail trojan horses [WAS: Re: Fwd: YOUR PAYPAL.COM ACCOUNT EXPIRES]

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

> Actually the answer just came right now:
> http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32mimaili.html
>
> W32/Mimail-I is a worm which spreads via email using addresses harvested from the hard drive of your computer. All email addresses found on your PC are saved in a file named el388.tmp in the Windows folder. 
> In order to run itself automatically when Windows starts up the worm copies itself to the file svchost32.exe in the Windows folder and adds the following registry entry: 

mimial has been making rounds for a while now. I doubt it's the last 
variant we'll see.
The author sure is consistent though.
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      Gadi Evron,
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