full-disclosure - Backdoor not recognized by Kaspersky

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From: nick at virus-l.demon.co.uk (Nick FitzGerald)
Subject: Backdoor not recognized by Kaspersky

Martin Ma ok <martin.macok@...erground.cz> wrote:

> C) try each word from the message as a password
> 
> D) OCR all attached images and go to (C) with the result

(I saw the smiley...)

And there are trivial responses to this that would be introduced into 
the version after next of the virus (say, on Friday) if it became well-
known that this was what was happening at the updated scanner 
gateways...

As a colleague once said he (may still??):

   The good thing about the AV busines is we get to move second

   The bad thing is the virus writers get to move third...

-- 
Nick FitzGerald
Computer Virus Consulting Ltd.
Ph/FAX: +64 3 3529854