Fwd: [Pubtech] Valentine's Day e-cards - watch out!

[Aaron Read <aread@speakeasy.net>]

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>Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 17:16:40 -0500
>From: rparker@vpr.net
>Subject: [Pubtech]  Valentine's Day e-cards - watch out!
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>It's time again for those of us who wear sysadmin hats to
>remind our users about e-cards. We got a spam this morning
>saying 'you have a Valentine's Day e-card from a secret
>admirer' and a weblink.
>
>I used lynx (text based web client for unix) to hit the site
>and follow the link. It attempted to drop a file called
>card.exe on the computer. (Lynx merely prompts me to save it
>which I did, zipped it up and submitted it to McAfee for
>analysis.)
>
>A few hours later I got back a response -
>
>A.V.E.R.T. Sample Analysis
>Virus Research Analyst: Brant Yaeger
>Identified:AdwareDropper-A
>
>and an extra DAT file to add to my virus scanner and a note
>that they were going to add it to the next DAT release.
>
>So, moral of the story, tell your users that while it's nice to
>be loved, don't visit sites that promise e-card Valentines.
>
>Rich Parker, GSEC
>Director of Engineering
>Vermont Public Radio
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Aaron "Bishop" Read             aread@speakeasy.net
FriedBagels Consulting          AOL-IM: readaaron
http://www.friedbagels.com      Boston, MA