Worm alert! New worm poses DoS attack threat.

Davidgt · Nov 1, 2003, 06:14 PM

The Mimail.c worm, a variant of an earlier pest that achieved modest distribution by posing as a message from a company's information technology staff, was first detected late Thursday and managed to infect a handful of PCs.

Craig Schmugar, a virus research engineer at security company McAfee's Antivirus Emergency Response Team, said the worm's spread already appeared to be ebbing by midday. "At this point, it looks like we're probably past the worst of it," he said.

According to McAfee's description, Mimail.c spreads by e-mail, appearing in mailboxes as a message with the subject "our private photos." The body of the message promises revealing photos, if the recipient opens up an attached file saved in the Zip compression format. If the file is opened, the worm attempts to spread itself by sending messages to e-mail addresses culled from the infected PC.

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Now kids the moral of this story is DONT OPEN EMAIL ATTACHMENTS!

TonyMonTana · Nov 1, 2003, 06:28 PM

This will be downgraded to a cat2 by tomorrow.It has started to die of, a lesson which this worm has is its not just exe. files that are to be warned against in emails, also any zip. files have to be suspeted as well.

Nov 1, 2003, 06:14 PM	#1
Davidgt Car Audio Guy Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Atlanta, Ga Posts: 499 Rep Power: 0	Worm alert! New worm poses DoS attack threat. The Mimail.c worm, a variant of an earlier pest that achieved modest distribution by posing as a message from a company's information technology staff, was first detected late Thursday and managed to infect a handful of PCs. Craig Schmugar, a virus research engineer at security company McAfee's Antivirus Emergency Response Team, said the worm's spread already appeared to be ebbing by midday. "At this point, it looks like we're probably past the worst of it," he said. According to McAfee's description, Mimail.c spreads by e-mail, appearing in mailboxes as a message with the subject "our private photos." The body of the message promises revealing photos, if the recipient opens up an attached file saved in the Zip compression format. If the file is opened, the worm attempts to spread itself by sending messages to e-mail addresses culled from the infected PC. Read more HERE Now kids the moral of this story is DONT OPEN EMAIL ATTACHMENTS!

Nov 1, 2003, 06:28 PM	#2
TonyMonTana I wish i was a tree....... Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: uk..Birmingham Posts: 199 Rep Power: 0	This will be downgraded to a cat2 by tomorrow.It has started to die of, a lesson which this worm has is its not just exe. files that are to be warned against in emails, also any zip. files have to be suspeted as well.