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MS Lookout Express virus - subject "yearend total"

  • 09-08-2001 09:17AM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,415 ✭✭✭✭


    Hey guys,

    sorry if this has done the rounds already but I just got 8 of them from the krb mailing list
    <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">

    Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 21:37:32 -0500
    From: Adam Thompson <xxx@xxx.xxx>
    Subject: yearend total
    To: kerberos@MIT.EDU
    Message-id: <0GHS00D934SJBS@chimmx02.algx.net>
    MIME-version: 1.0
    X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400
    X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400
    Content-type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Boundary_(ID_M5QFbh6aP0L+WCdSZlOxCQ)"
    Content-Length: 349429

    Hi! How are you?

    I send you this file in order to have your advice

    See you later. Thanks

    </font>

    2 files attached: NoName (0 bytes) and "yearend total.xls.com"

    In each of the emails the suffix was either .xls.com, .xls.bat, or .xls.pif
    <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">
    From: SMTP_NY01/USA/DDS@donovandata.com
    X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
    Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 03:44:48 -0400
    Subject: Report to Recipient(s)
    To: kerberos@MIT.EDU
    X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on SMTP_NY01/USA/DDS(Release 5.0.7 |March 21, 2001) at 08/09/2001 03:45:19 AM

    Incident Information:-

    Originator: Adam Thompson <xxx@xxx.xxx>
    Recipients: kerberos@MIT.EDU
    Subject: yearend total

    WARNING: The file yearend total.xls.pif you received was infected with the
    W32/SirCam@MM virus. The file attachment was not successfully cleaned.

    </font>

    Al.


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