Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 15:11:41 -0800 From: "Trend Micro Newsletters Editor" <newsletters@trendmicro.rsc03.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Trend Micro Medium Risk Virus Alert - WORM_NETSKY.P Message-ID: <20040322231142.EC84543D2F@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
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Dear Trend Micro customer:
As of March 22, 2004 7:05 AM PST, TrendLabs has declared a Yellow Alert to=
control the spread of WORM_NETSKY=2EP=2E=20
TrendLabs has received numerous infection reports of this malware spreading=
in the US and Europe=2E =20
This new NETSKY variant propagates via email using its own Simple Mail Tran=
sfer Protocol (SMTP) engine=2E=20
The email that it sends out has varying subjects, message bodies, and attac=
hment file names=2E It gathers email addresses from files with certain exte=
nsion names=2E=20
It also has the ability to propagate via network shares by dropping copies =
of itself to shared folders of the affected system=2E=20
It exploits a known vulnerability in the Internet Explorer involving the in=
correct MIME header vulnerability (MS01-020) to execute the malware when th=
e email is read=2E More information on this vulnerability is available at:=
=20
http://www=2Emicrosoft=2Ecom/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-020=2E=
mspx=20
TrendLabs has released the following EPS deliverables:=20
TMCM Outbreak Prevention Policy 99 (ATA: 7:34 AM PST)
Official Pattern Release 832 (ATA: 7:22 AM PST)
Damage Cleanup Template 296 (ETA 1 hour 45 minutes)
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