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W32.Mimail.J@mm

Nov 17, 2003 4:17AM PST

Discovered on: November 17, 2003
Last Updated on: November 17, 2003 10:59:14 AM

Symantec Security Response has received a sample of a new W32.Mimail variant. This sample is very similar to W32.Mimail.I@mm.

The email has the following characteristics:

From: Do_Not_Reply@paypal.com
Subject: IMPORTANT %s
Attachment: InfoUpdate.exe -or-
www.paypal.com.pif




Type: Worm

Additional information will be made available as analysis continues.

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.mimail.j@mm.html

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