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Re: Web counter in the new Swen/Gibe.F worm


From: S G Masood <sgmasood () yahoo com>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 16:52:58 -0700 (PDT)

Hey,

I believe I have a sample...I am still studying it. I
don't know if it's fine if I mail it to the list. Mail
me if you need a copy(I'm online for only about 30min
more).

Upon initial glance, I find the "internals" a bit
strange. Maybe I am wrong.

--
S.G.Masood

Hyderabad,
India.
--


--- "B.K. DeLong" <bkdelong () pobox com> wrote:
At 02:31 PM 9/18/2003 -0400, you wrote:
Hi,

Joe Stewart of Lurhq.com has made an interesting
discovery about the new
Swen/Gibe.F worm that started circulating today: 
When the worm infects
a new machine, it hits a Web counter.

The URL of the counter is:



http://ww2.fce.vutbr.cz/bin/counter.gif/link=bacillus&width=6&set=cnt006

If this URL wraps in your email reader, here's a
shorter version:

   http://tinyurl.com/nufo

At 2:30 EST, the counter is about 615,000.

Here's a bit more about the worm:

   http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-5078696.html

The server log entries for this counter might prove
interesting to virus
researchers.  These entries could provide data for
a statistical study
of computer worm transmissions.  Perhaps the
Vutbr.cz Web site would be
willing to go public with this information.

Is anyone storing sample virii somewhere for
analysis? Or do we have to 
wait for it to show?


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