Full Disclosure: Re: First WMF mass mailer ItW (phishing Trojan)

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Vulnerability Management wrote:
> Hi Gadi,
>
> Gadi Evron wrote:
> > The first worm (mass mailer) to (ab)use the WMF 0day is now spreading in
> > Australia.
> [...]
>
>  > The emails themselves do not contain the payload, but rather a URL to
>  > sites that will infect users.
>
>
> How can this be called a worm? AFAIK, malware that needs human 
> intervention to spread is a trojan, not a worm.
Taxonomy/terminology of viruses/malware is problematic, no one expert will
agree with the other.

(almost) all current worms are Trojan horses. If it is spread by email,
it's a mass mailer. It's a worm... any more than that and this will become
a religious discussion between those who work with these or a clue-less
one by those who don't. :)

In other words.. I will go with whatever you decide, as I don't see this
as really mattering in the AV world anymore (and that's a shame).

:)

Question: if one sees this spreading as a mass mailer, propagating (via
email) and infecting via a download(er) of a Trojan, why would it
matter?

Maybe it should be called a Trojan with mass-mailing capabilities (I'm
completely with you on that one).

        Gadi.

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