full-disclosure - [ok] Possible Virus/Trojan

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From: andfarm at teknovis.com (Andrew Farmer)
Subject: [ok] Possible Virus/Trojan

On 25 Jul 2004, at 12:06, Curt Purdy wrote:
> Todd Towles  wrote:
>> I received an e-mail today that looked very much like a virus. Here 
>> is the message
>>
>> Attachment - erupts.avi.exe
>
>> Subject - New Southern California wildfire erupts
>
> <snip>
>
>> Either this is a new Trojan that changes it body and subject based on 
>> the current  AP  news or someone used a very lame trick against me. 
>> =)
>
> I'm guessing the latter.  Although story scraping would be possible,
> intellegent naming of the .exe would not be.  Most likely a friend... 
> or
> enemy.

Sure it would be. In this case, at least, the executable is just named 
based on the last word of the headline plus ".avi.exe".
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