On Monday 15 August 2005 11:26 am, Andrew Smith wrote: > Can anyone explain why this virus chooses to block ebay, amazon and > paypal? This seems foolish if the intention is to remain on the > compromised host un-noticed.
Recent versions of Mytob do the same thing. Mytob, if you remember, is R[x]bot + Mydoom. It appears that Zotob is just the Mytob code with the Mydoom code removed and replaced by the MS05-039 spreader, and that both codebases are maintained by the same person. Doesn't explain his motives for blocking those sites, but does explain why it is in the Zotob codebase. -Joe -- Joe Stewart, GCIH Senior Security Researcher LURHQ http://www.lurhq.com/ _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
