full-disclosure - Web counter in the new Swen/Gibe.F worm

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Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20030918180125.02a79c28@PO11.MIT.EDU>
From: bkdelong at pobox.com (B.K. DeLong)
Subject: Web counter in the new Swen/Gibe.F worm

At 02:31 PM 9/18/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Joe Stewart of Lurhq.com has made an interesting discovery about the new
>Swen/Gibe.F worm that started circulating today:  When the worm infects
>a new machine, it hits a Web counter.
>
>The URL of the counter is:
>
>
>http://ww2.fce.vutbr.cz/bin/counter.gif/link=bacillus&width=6&set=cnt006
>
>If this URL wraps in your email reader, here's a shorter version:
>
>    http://tinyurl.com/nufo
>
>At 2:30 EST, the counter is about 615,000.
>
>Here's a bit more about the worm:
>
>    http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-5078696.html
>
>The server log entries for this counter might prove interesting to virus
>researchers.  These entries could provide data for a statistical study
>of computer worm transmissions.  Perhaps the Vutbr.cz Web site would be
>willing to go public with this information.

Is anyone storing sample virii somewhere for analysis? Or do we have to 
wait for it to show?

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