full-disclosure - Possible Virus/Trojan

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Message-ID: <6C91E3D7-DDBE-11D8-9A8F-000D93C0F38C@teknovis.com>
From: andfarm at teknovis.com (Andrew Farmer)
Subject: Possible Virus/Trojan

On 24 Jul 2004, at 11:29, 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
>
> Body -
>
> HEMET, California (AP) -- Just as firefighters were getting a handle 
> on one
> large blaze north of Los Angeles, a new wildfire ignited roughly 50 
> miles to
> the west, spreading across nearly 800 acres.Video attached.
>
>
>
> 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. =)

Possible. If so, it's a damned clever idea - scrape headlines from 
Google News or
something and use that as bait.
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