[PLUG] Possible worm, the attachment is the text source listing of the email in question.

[Derek Loree]

On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 20:47, Randall Hansen wrote:
> Thus spoke "Michael C. Robinson" <michael at goose.robinson-west.com>
> ( 10 Sep 2003 20:14:22 -0700 ):
> 
> > I think it's html code that is intended to infect Windows 2000.
> > I'd be very careful about opening it on anything valuable.  Is this
> > a real worm or a nasty hoax?
> 
> http://www.google.com/search?q=payback+worm+hoax
> 
> > It says in the message that your hard drive and motherboard will be
> > destroyed.  It was encountered under outlook which has that preview
> > window.  Is previewing a message equivalent to opening it?
> 
> In Outlook [Express], yes.
> 

I don't think this one can even hurt LookOut users.  The phone number
looks like the most dangerous part, it dials the Dominican Republic,
where they can charge just about anything they want for the phone time
and the phone company will automatically bill you.

Derek Loree