Re: [Nolug] [Fwd: Re: Your password!]

From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson_at_cox.net>
Date: 15 Jul 2002 12:57:15 -0500
Message-Id: <1026755835.23828.8.camel@rebel>

On Mon, 2002-07-15 at 11:08, Yuji Yamano wrote:
> Michael Flora <mrflora@ieee.org> writes:
>
> > Hey all, this email was in my inbox this morning. It did not have any
> > attachments and contained no password or link to a website. I have not
> > replied to it (not yet, anyway). Has anybody else received a similar
> > message? Is this just a hoax?
>
> I've received too many similar messages:-< and I think it's a variant of
> W32.Frethem.B@mm virus.
>
> http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.frethem.j@mm.html
> http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.frethem.k@mm.html

The debian-user mailing list got one too, but was cleansed:

   ------------------ Virus Warning Message (on smtp1av)
   
   Found virus WORM_FRETHEM.K in file decrypt-password.exe
   The uncleanable file is deleted.
   
   ---------------------------------------------------------

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