New Virus?

["Alex Arndt" <aarndt () rogers com>]

Good day,

I just received an e-mail (subject: test) with a ZIP archive attachment that
claims to be from "MAILER-DAEMON () rogers com", but it in reality from IP
66.31.78.168 (c-66-31-78-168.hsd1.nh.comcast.net).

ZIP Attachment, when opened contains an .EXE file that is attempting to look
like a .DOC file by using a number of spaces in it. Filename in the e-mail I
received is "aarndt () rogers com doc
.exe"

This is likely a Trojan or other backdoor program. The interesting thing is
that my AV software (which is the free CA anti-virus provided by Rogers
Yahoo) is not picking it up, nor is the Symantec-based AV scanning that
Rogers uses on inbound e-mail.

I will be forwarding the e-mail to AV vendors as a sample. Just figured I'd
give everyone a heads-up just in case...

FYI, a quick Google search of the .EXE filename came up with nothing. In
fact, I got this error message when I tried to search for "rogers.com.doc
.exe":

<SAMPLE WEB PAGE>
403 Forbidden

We're sorry...
... but we can't process your request right now. A computer virus or spyware
application is sending us automated requests, and it appears that your
computer or network has been infected.

We'll restore your access as quickly as possible, so try again soon. In the
meantime, you might want to run a virus checker or spyware remover to make
sure that your computer is free of viruses and other spurious software.

We apologize for the inconvenience, and hope we'll see you again on Google.
</SAMPLE WEB PAGE>

I hope this information proves useful,

Alex Arndt
CISSP, GCIA, GCIH

"Within all order is the potential for chaos..."