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16 July 2002, 09:20 AM
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just wondering has anyone had any e-mails like this one
ATTENTION!
You can access
very important
information by
this password
DO NOT SAVE
password to disk
use your mind
now press
cancel
(Chris Smith)
this seems to be a virus so watch out
ATTENTION!
You can access
very important
information by
this password
DO NOT SAVE
password to disk
use your mind
now press
cancel
(Chris Smith)
this seems to be a virus so watch out
16 July 2002, 09:33 AM
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W32/Frethem-Fam is a family of email-aware worms.
At the time of writing, Sophos is aware of six variants of W32/Frethem, all of which are detected by this identity.
One variant has been reported from the wild. It arrives in an email with the following characteristics:
Subject line: Re: Your password!
Message text:
ATTENTION!
You can access
very important
information by
this password
DO NOT SAVE
password to disk
use your mind
now press
cancel
Attached files: decrypt-password.exe, password.txt
W32/Frethem is contained in the attached EXE file, which attempts to exploit an Outlook bug in order to run automatically when the mail is read.
The file password.txt is not infectious -- it just contains the text:
Your password is W8dqwq8q918213
At the time of writing, Sophos is aware of six variants of W32/Frethem, all of which are detected by this identity.
One variant has been reported from the wild. It arrives in an email with the following characteristics:
Subject line: Re: Your password!
Message text:
ATTENTION!
You can access
very important
information by
this password
DO NOT SAVE
password to disk
use your mind
now press
cancel
Attached files: decrypt-password.exe, password.txt
W32/Frethem is contained in the attached EXE file, which attempts to exploit an Outlook bug in order to run automatically when the mail is read.
The file password.txt is not infectious -- it just contains the text:
Your password is W8dqwq8q918213
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