jcgriff2 Co-Founder / AdminBSOD Instructor/ExpertMicrosoft MVP (Ret.) Staff member Joined Feb 19, 2012 Posts 21,541 Location New Jersey Shore Feb 5, 2013 #1 I received 3 emails this morning - http://www.regions.com/about_regions/zeus_malware.rf ... and I don't even have an account with them. The zip attachment that came with each email stated that a browser with Java was needed!
I received 3 emails this morning - http://www.regions.com/about_regions/zeus_malware.rf ... and I don't even have an account with them. The zip attachment that came with each email stated that a browser with Java was needed!
Corrine Administrator, Microsoft MVP, Security Analyst Staff member Joined Feb 22, 2012 Posts 12,252 Location Upstate, NY Feb 6, 2013 #2 Am I understanding correctly that you don't have an account with them and attempted to open the zip attachment? :shame2:
Am I understanding correctly that you don't have an account with them and attempted to open the zip attachment? :shame2:
niemiro Senior Administrator, Windows Update Expert Staff member Joined Mar 2, 2012 Posts 8,772 Location District 12 Feb 6, 2013 #3 Reminds me of a text only email stuffed full of spelling and grammatical I got from fedex_tracking@{disposable_address}.com asking me to track my parcel. Attached was .zip file containing tracking.exe. I didn't open it Has got to be one of the worst pieces of spam I have ever received.
Reminds me of a text only email stuffed full of spelling and grammatical I got from fedex_tracking@{disposable_address}.com asking me to track my parcel. Attached was .zip file containing tracking.exe. I didn't open it Has got to be one of the worst pieces of spam I have ever received.
AceInfinity Emeritus, Contributor Joined Feb 21, 2012 Posts 1,728 Location Canada Feb 6, 2013 #4 "The zip attachment that came with each email stated that a browser with Java was needed! " - Should be enough to warn lol Zeus is one monstrous trojan though. The structure of that malicious code is incredibly scary...
"The zip attachment that came with each email stated that a browser with Java was needed! " - Should be enough to warn lol Zeus is one monstrous trojan though. The structure of that malicious code is incredibly scary...
Cayden Member Joined Jul 25, 2012 Posts 198 Location Toronto Feb 7, 2013 #5 AceInfinity said: "The zip attachment that came with each email stated that a browser with Java was needed! " - Should be enough to warn lol Zeus is one monstrous trojan though. The structure of that malicious code is incredibly scary... Click to expand... What do you mean? I'm no coder so I don't see how simple code can 'look scary'.
AceInfinity said: "The zip attachment that came with each email stated that a browser with Java was needed! " - Should be enough to warn lol Zeus is one monstrous trojan though. The structure of that malicious code is incredibly scary... Click to expand... What do you mean? I'm no coder so I don't see how simple code can 'look scary'.
Corrine Administrator, Microsoft MVP, Security Analyst Staff member Joined Feb 22, 2012 Posts 12,252 Location Upstate, NY Feb 7, 2013 #6 You see, Cayden, Ace is a coder so he'd understand what the code is doing.
AceInfinity Emeritus, Contributor Joined Feb 21, 2012 Posts 1,728 Location Canada Feb 7, 2013 #7 Cayden said: AceInfinity said: "The zip attachment that came with each email stated that a browser with Java was needed! " - Should be enough to warn lol Zeus is one monstrous trojan though. The structure of that malicious code is incredibly scary... Click to expand... What do you mean? I'm no coder so I don't see how simple code can 'look scary'. Click to expand... Zeus is by no means "simple", it almost has enough code to look like it was an encyclopedia. :lol:
Cayden said: AceInfinity said: "The zip attachment that came with each email stated that a browser with Java was needed! " - Should be enough to warn lol Zeus is one monstrous trojan though. The structure of that malicious code is incredibly scary... Click to expand... What do you mean? I'm no coder so I don't see how simple code can 'look scary'. Click to expand... Zeus is by no means "simple", it almost has enough code to look like it was an encyclopedia. :lol:
jcgriff2 Co-Founder / AdminBSOD Instructor/ExpertMicrosoft MVP (Ret.) Staff member Joined Feb 19, 2012 Posts 21,541 Location New Jersey Shore Feb 7, 2013 #8 Corrine said: Am I understanding correctly that you don't have an account with them and attempted to open the zip attachment? :shame2: Click to expand... Yes, I opened the zip attachment after I grabbed it from the WLM EML folder. I didn't do anything within the email itself. There was an HTM file inside. That is what they wanted Java for. I looked at the HTM source for a bit, then got rid of it all. I didn't save the HTM code for proper analysis. Next time. :)
Corrine said: Am I understanding correctly that you don't have an account with them and attempted to open the zip attachment? :shame2: Click to expand... Yes, I opened the zip attachment after I grabbed it from the WLM EML folder. I didn't do anything within the email itself. There was an HTM file inside. That is what they wanted Java for. I looked at the HTM source for a bit, then got rid of it all. I didn't save the HTM code for proper analysis. Next time. :)