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To: Sector Investor who wrote (35738)9/25/2001 12:22:28 PM
From: Dee Jay  Respond to of 42804
 
OT: Warning! New worm out that, unbelievably, exploits the terrorists' attack. Per Symantec it has these characteristics:
Subject of email: Fwd:Peace BeTweeN AmeriCa and IsLaM!
Name of attachment: WTC.exe
Size of attachment: 55808 Bytes

Technical description:

W32.Vote.A@mm is a mass-mailing worm written in the Visual Basic language. It requires the file Msvbvm50.dll to execute.

When executed, the worm will attempt to email itself to all contacts in the Microsoft Outlook address book. The email will appear as
follows.

Subject: Fwd:Peace BeTweeN AmeriCa and IsLaM!

Message:
Hi
iS iT A waR Against AmeriCa Or IsLaM !?
Let's Vote To Live in Peace!

Attachment: WTC.EXE