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Re: New "concept" virus/worm?
From: Dan Jones <Dan.Jones () colorado edu>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 11:01:50 -0600
It also appears that when users connect to an infected web server the server will attempt to send/upload readme.exe to the user. On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 09:21:01AM -0700, Jay D. Dyson wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Joao Gouveia wrote:I kept the executables for analysis, if anyone woud like to take a look, drop me an email.Anyone interested in examining the payload can also pick up a copy at http://www.treachery.net/~jdyson/worms/readme.exe (MD5 hash of the payload is at http://www.treachery.net/~jdyson/worms/readme.exe.md5).So, what I ask is, does anyone know about this worm? I've done a quick search for it and couldn't find nothing like it.It's a two-prong worm. It appears to be primarily disseminated via e-mail, and then launches its attacks on web hosts upon successful infection.
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Current thread:
- Re: New "concept" virus/worm?, (continued)
- Re: New "concept" virus/worm? Berislav Kucan (Sep 18)
- Re: New "concept" virus/worm? Jim Olsen (Sep 18)
- Re: New "concept" virus/worm? Bernie Cosell (Sep 18)
- MIME type of readme.eml (was Re: New "concept" virus/worm? Rob Quinn (Sep 19)
- Re: MIME type of readme.eml (was Re: New "concept" virus/worm? Henrik Pedersen (Sep 19)
- Re: New "concept" virus/worm? Ryan Russell (Sep 18)
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- Re: New "concept" virus/worm? Michael H. Warfield (Sep 18)
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