Outlook virus again.

["Kayne Ian (Softlab)" <Ian.Kayne () softlab co uk>]

> Hey all,
>       I'm having fun with Outlook recently, I'm beginning to wonder if
> there's something funny on my system that needs a rebuild. Anyway,
> attached is an email I received. Very obviously a virus, be careful with
> it. It does some strange behaviour:
>
> - Opening the message brings up prompts that insinuate the (er?!?) email
> is trying to download something from the net
> - Without opening the email, and doing file-save in Outlook causes some
> corruption of Outlook GUI & bad filenames.
>
> It's also got part of a reg key in the subject.
>
> I hexed it, it's got an exe attached to it, and does look a bit wierd. The
> exe doesn't show up as an attachment, but it's there inside the mail.
>
> What worries me more is this one skipped by the mailscanner it came
> through, the normal viruschecker when saved to hd, and the problem
> happened on both my and a users machine (mine with all the up to date
> patches).
>
> Just looking for someone to say "Yes it's the old one that came out last
> year", or confirm it's something new... Either way I'll know where I
> stand.
Note: BlueBoar asked me to add a password to the attached zip file, the
password is "outl0ok", thats all lower case, zero for the second o. 

As stolen from someone else: "Outlook not so good" - that Magic 8 Ball knows
everything, I'll ask it about Exchange server next...

> Cheers!
>
> Ian Kayne
> Technical Specialist - IT Solutions
> Softlab Ltd - A BMW Company
>
>
>  <<Nasty.zip>> 
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