SECUR> Cult virus listens for his master's voice
- From: Gleason Sackmann <gleason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: NetHappenings <nethappenings@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 07:47:56 -0600
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Cult virus listens for his master's voice
Anti-virus firm Sophos has detected a new virus, W32/Cult-A, which is a
worm and backdoor Trojan. The worm arrives in an e-mail pretending to be
an eCard from Bluemountain.com with a 'pdf' attachment, and spreads by
e-mailing itself to random addresses and by sharing files over the KaZaA
peer-to-peer network. It also attempts to connect to an IRC server and
listens in for further instruction from the attacker.
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/?http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/news_story.php?id=39554
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