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4/29: Bropia-AJ Worm Messages IM Users
 

4/29: Bropia-AJ Worm Messages IM Users
April 29, 2005

W32/Bropia.worm.aj is a threat similar to both the W32/Bropia and W32/Kelvir worm families. It attempts to send the following message to IM contacts via MSN Messenger:

rofl, is this you?
http://dba.{removed} .us/pictures.php?email =

If the recipient chooses to follow the hyperlink, they will be prompted to save or run an executable file. At the time of this writing, the executable served by the remote site was a variant of the W32/Sdbot.worm.

More information can be found at McAfee page.


 
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