TCS - Mini-Zip Virus Alert

Mini-Zip Virus Alert

by Don Singleton
Tulsa Computer Society
From the January 2000 issue of the I/O Port Newsletter

Recently I learned of a new virus problem, and posted an alert regarding it at the top of http://www.tcs.org/webpage.htm, where I hope most TCS members might see it.

If you did not notice it, the symptoms are you will receive an email which will have the following content:

I received your email and I shall send you a reply ASAP. Till then, take a look at the attached zipped docs.

It will also contain a worm attachment named zipped_files.exe.

In addition, when Worm.ExploreZip(pack) is executed, it searches drives C through Z of your computer system and accessible network machines for particular files. The worm then destroys all files containing any of the following extensions: .h, .c, .cpp, .asm, .doc, .xls, .ppt. This is accomplished by calling CreateFile(), and making the file extensions 0 bytes long. One may notice extended hard drive activity when this occurs. This can result in non-recoverable data.

This payload routine continues to happen while the worm is active on the system. Thus, any newly created files matching the extensions list will be destroyed as well.



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