Guest guest Posted September 6, 2001 Report Share Posted September 6, 2001 Here we go again *Smile* Chris (list mom) Turkish Rose Items To Delight http://www.alittleolfactory.com ~~~~~~~~~~~ E-mail Worm Masquerades as Microsoft Support Message http://www.entmag.com/breaknews.asp?ID=4906 Thursday, August 30, 2001 - An antivirus vendor Thursday warned of a worm that spreads itself by masquerading as a technical support e-mail from Microsoft Corp. Only one report of the worm had arrived at Central Command Inc., a PC antivirus software and computer security services firm. " But [we're] monitoring this worm's activity very closely, " Steven Sundermeier, product manager at Central Command, said in a statement. Users receiving the new worm, called Win32.Invalid.A@mm, see a legitimate-looking From line: " Microsoft Support " support. The subject line reads, " Invalid SSL Certificate. " The message describes a problem with an SSL certificate and advises users to install an attachment called, sslpatch.exe. The result is a destructive payload that can break executable files by encrypting them with a random encryption key. It is a mass-mailing worm. -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2001 Report Share Posted September 7, 2001 Hi Chris, Thanks for the warning... strange... I'm not getting any e-mails other than the one you'd sent about this...............which is really weird! Anyone else? Marilyn Chris Ziegler wrote: > Here we go again > *Smile* > Chris (list mom) > > Turkish Rose Items To Delight > http://www.alittleolfactory.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~ > > E-mail Worm Masquerades as Microsoft Support Message > http://www.entmag.com/breaknews.asp?ID=4906 > > Thursday, August 30, 2001 - An antivirus vendor Thursday warned of a worm > that spreads itself by masquerading as a technical support e-mail from > Microsoft Corp. > Only one report of the worm had arrived at Central Command Inc., a PC > antivirus software and computer security services firm. > > " But [we're] monitoring this worm's activity very closely, " Steven > Sundermeier, product manager at Central Command, said in a statement. > > Users receiving the new worm, called Win32.Invalid.A@mm, see a > legitimate-looking From line: " Microsoft Support " support. The > subject line reads, " Invalid SSL Certificate. " > > The message describes a problem with an SSL certificate and advises users to > install an attachment called, sslpatch.exe. > > The result is a destructive payload that can break executable files by > encrypting them with a random encryption key. It is a mass-mailing worm. -- > > > http://members.home.net/chrisziggy1/triptoturkey.html > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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