Chinese Internet Security Response Team (GMT +0800)

Zhelatin.pe, Christmas Greeting Ecards

[Post on : December 24, 2007 13:59 | Category : Worm | by : smallmo] Reship : Original

We received a new variant of Email-Worm.Win32.Zhelatin -- Zhelatin.pe.

It masquerades as Christmas Greeting Ecards. Everyone should be careful please.

The spams are as the following:


Subject: Hello, you just got a Merry Christmas Greeting Ecards

Body:

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When users click the link in the mail, it will redirect the following url:
http://www.americangreetings.b719.cn/<removed>.htm

And it will ask users to download and install Adobe Flash Player.

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Is really Adobe Flash Player from Adobe company? Of course, it's not. Let's see its real url.

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If users agree installing this fake Adobe Flash Player, a .cab file will be downloaded from americangreetings.b719.cn.

In the .cab file, there are two files.

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"update.exe", 48,821 bytes, MD5 hash:c660b319f5bf18bf4dfc6c5e6a6150ca.
Kaspersky detects it as Email-Worm.Win32.Zhelatin.pe.

We suggest administrators should block this domain: americangreetings.b719.cn

Update 5:50 p.m. Dec.24, 2007:

We received another domain: americangreetings.846123.cn, block this domain please.



Last modified by smallmo onDecember 24, 2007 17:39