Erm is it me or are the writers of Bagle and Netsky determined to keep morphing their code to outwit the virus scanners.. is this a new trend in virus writing - beat the systems by evolving your code quicker than the security firms can release updates?
Steve On Tue, 2 Mar 2004, Larry Rosenman wrote: > <http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_101071.htm> > > W32/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --On Tuesday, March 02, 2004 20:07:17 -0800 "william(at)elan.net" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I have just seen emails (several different kinds) pretending to be sent > > from 3 of my isp domains to users of those domains warning users that > > their email account would be disabled and asking to open a .pif > > attachment. I know largest ISPs probably have expierenced this but I > > believe what I have seen today means they are after ISPs (or possibly > > just after any domains with number of email addresses under them) of all > > sizes right at the moment. All emails we received from the same source > > ip - 129.59.206.187 Please check your email base for what looks like the > > following > > (in the examples I changed everything to elan.net, actually every isp > > domain received different example of this, only first one is exact). > > > > Example 1: > > --- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Email account utilization warning. > > > > Hello user of Elan.net e-mail server, > > > > Your e-mail account has been temporary disabled because of unauthorized > > access. > > > > For further details see the attach. > > > > Best wishes, > > The Elan.net team http://www.elan.net > > --- > > > > Example 2: > > --- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Warning about your e-mail account. > > > > Dear user of "Elan.net" mailing system, > > > > Our main mailing server will be temporary unavaible for next two days, > > to continue receiving mail in these days you have to configure our > > free auto-forwarding service. > > > > Further details can be obtained from attached file. > > > > Cheers, > > The Elan.net team http://www.elan.net > > --- > > > > Example3: > > --- > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Warning about your e-mail account. > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Dear user, the management of Elan.net mailing system wants to let you > > know that, > > > > Some of our clients complained about the spam (negative e-mail content) > > outgoing from your e-mail account. Probably, you have been infected by > > a proxy-relay trojan server. In order to keep your computer safe, > > follow the instructions. > > > > Please, read the attach for further details. > > > > The Management, > > The Elan.net team http://www.elan.net > > > > > > > >