Re: new nasty email virus trick to bypass scanners

On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:

Is this in the wild yet? Any other details worth looking for? Symantec's AV site apparently has nothing on it.

I would say so - I got it in my inbox earlier this afternoon, and I traditionally get about three viruses a month. The virus itself is *exactly* like Mmimail.M, as reported by Symantec. Except that wendy.zip was definitely password protected. - Damian