New Virus?
"Alex Arndt" <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.security.incidents |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Good day, I just received an e-mail (subject: test) with a ZIP archive attachment that claims to be from "[email protected]", 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 "[email protected] .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..."