North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Warning - new trend of attempts to infect ISP users (possiblyvirus)
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/Bagle.[hij]@MM > > > > --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 > > > > > > > >
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