[Full-Disclosure] Fake Virus Warnings From ISPs

From: Mike (mjcarter_at_ihug.co.nz)
Date: 01/18/04

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    Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 13:28:19 +1300
    
    

    Hi All,

    Warning be careful with the links in this email.

    Posted in the SANS diary by Johannes Ullrich:

    A user submitted a fake e-mail, which is using the %01 MSIE bug to trick the
    user into downloading a Trojan.

    [snip]

    This appears to be bigger than Yahoo being faked. I recently received this
    faked email:

    Virus Alert
    To:mjcarter
    From: ihug.co.nz's Internet Virus Department

    We have detected a possible computer virus on your computer, You must open
    the details of the report within 24 hours our we will be forced to shut down
    your internet service.

    Please Click Below Then Press "open" To View The Report If you do not open
    this report in 24 hours we will suspend your internet service If nothing
    apears on your virus report please dis-regard this message
    Click Here Now
    <http://ihug.co.nz%01@dzmj6u1ziuzb4r3tzaj0zafl.euphoriaja.com/special2/>

    Clicking on the link takes me to
    http://dzmj6u1ziuzb4r3tzaj0zafl.euphoriaja.com/special2/ which redirects to
    http://66.98.208.24/cgi-bin/page.cgi and attempts to download page.hta which
    McAfee detects as VBS/Inor.

    I've contacted my ISP and forwarded to them, I wonder how many other ISPs
    are about to be flooded with calls.

    Note the URL is changing, it was originally
    http://66.98.208.24/cgi-bin/page.cgi which was shut down.

    But is now residing at http://210.51.184.247/cgi-bin/page.cgi

    inetnum: 210.51.0.0 - 210.51.255.255
    netname: CNCNET
    descr: China Netcom Corp.
    descr: New Telecommunication Carrier Based on IP Backbone
    country: CN
    admin-c: JM284-AP
    tech-c: JM284-AP
    mnt-by: APNIC-HM
    mnt-lower: MAINT-CN-ZM28
    changed: hostmaster@apnic.net 20001011
    changed: hm-changed@apnic.net 20020703
    changed: hm-changed@apnic.net 20030212
    status: ALLOCATED PORTABLE
    source: APNIC

    Regards
    Mike

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