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New MALDAL (or KERZAC) Worm

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wins0ck ­Wins0ck)
Fri Dec 21 15:26:40 2001

From: "Wins0ck ­Wins0ck" <wins0ck@hotmail.com>
To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 16:01:34 -0500
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Just wanted everyone to look out for this worm:

From: WinProxy by Ositis [mailto:ositisreply@sendmail.ositis.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 7:08 PM
To: wins0ck@hotmail.com
Subject: Virus Alert


New MALDAL (or KERZAC) worm is rapidly spreading. Make sure your
WinProxy virus protection is active to protect your network!

This destructive, memory-resident worm propagates via email
using Microsoft Outlook. Its destructive payload deletes files
in the Windows system directory.

It arrives in an email with the details:
        Subject: Happy New Year
        Message Body: Hii
        I can’t describe my feelings
        But all i can say is
        Happy New Year :)
        Bye
        Attachment: CHRISTMAS.EXE

Lance

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