New W32.Gibe variant making the rounds?

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On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Snow, Corey wrote:

> I just a little while ago was informed by my mail system admin that a
> message intended for me had been snagged by our mail filters as containing
> the W32_GibeA virus. Many of you probably remember that this was the little
> bugger that went around under the guise of a Microsoft Security update and
> had an attachment called Q216309.exe, which was actually a backdoor and
> massmailer with its own SMTP engine.
>
> Well, this one seemed to be a bit different. It had a return address of
> "pgp-key-request () hostmaster org" and the subject line was "Introduction on
> ADSL". I've requested a copy of the original message. If and when I receive
> it, I'll forward any other relevant details along. I'm assuming that this is
> an attempt to tart up the original W32.Gibe virus and cause a new round of
> infections.
>
> Apologies if this is something that is already seen; I was concerned that a
> new social-engineering attempt using the old Gibe virus was being made.
>
> Regards,
>
> Corey Snow

You're about a week and a half late on this one.  

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Yours, 
J.A. Terranson
sysadmin () mfn org

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This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States
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