Re: FW: New Net Security Upgrade

["Mary Landesman" <mlande () bellsouth net>]

It's the Gibe.F worm, a.k.a. W32/Swen.
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32gibef.html


Regards,
Mary Landesman
Antivirus About.com Guide
http://antivirus.about.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Coombs" <jasonc () science org>
To: "Full Disclosure" <full-disclosure () lists netsys com>
Cc: <secure () microsoft com>
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 5:06 PM
Subject: [Full-disclosure] FW: New Net Security Upgrade


This is by far the best fake "Microsoft patch" HTML e-mail I've seen to
date...

-----Original Message-----
From: Microsoft Corporation Customer Services
[mailto:vqvgqrust () technet msdn com]
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 10:30 AM
To: Microsoft Customer
Subject: New Net Security Upgrade


        Microsoft    All Products |  Support |  Search |  Microsoft.com
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      MS Customer

      this is the latest version of security update, the "September 2003,
Cumulative Patch" update which resolves all known security vulnerabilities
affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express as well as
three new vulnerabilities. Install now to maintain the security of your
computer from these vulnerabilities. This update includes the functionality
of all previously released patches.


       System requirements  Windows 95/98/Me/2000/NT/XP
       This update applies to  MS Internet Explorer, version 4.01 and later
      MS Outlook, version 8.00 and later
      MS Outlook Express, version 4.01 and later
       Recommendation Customers should install the patch at the earliest
opportunity.
       How to install Run attached file. Choose Yes on displayed dialog box.
       How to use You don't need to do anything after installing this item.

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information about Microsoft products, please visit the Microsoft Security
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