RE: Is it a bird... is it a worm??

[Jason Gauthier]

Yeah, this was has been around for a little while.. I *think* it's sircam.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: EALES, Jack / RSAIFS - IOM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 12:19 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Is it a bird... is it a worm??

One of our users has received a number of identical messages from unrelated contacts that he (and I) is rather disturbed by... it looks like some sort of worm / buffer overflow - maybe? I'm no expert... but I sure there might be one or two of you out there ;-)

The attachment (which isn't attached) name changes from message to message, but the bulk of the text of the message is the same and is as follows:

 

 <snip>

------1E6A12EB_Outlook_Express_message_boundary

Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Content-Disposition: message text

Hi! How are you=3F

 

I send you this file in order to have your advice

 

See you later=2E Thanks

------1E6A12EB_Outlook_Express_message_boundary

</snip>

 

There then follows a stream of several hundred / thousand (no time to count - trust me it's lots!!) lines with seemingly random characters . 

I've hacked all this out as the list thinks I'm sending an attachment  and refuses to post it. Does this mean anything  / look familiar to anyone? If you want the full text let me know and I'll send it off-list

 

Jack 

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