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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

           ESB-2003.0017 -- Trend Micro Medium Risk Virus Alert
                               WORM_LIRVA.C
                              10 January 2003

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Vendor:                 Trend Micro
Operating System:       Windows
Impact:                 Access Privileged Data
                        Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
                        Denial of Service
Access Required:        Remote

Comment: For additional information, please see:

         http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.lirva.c@mm.html
         http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=99949
         http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32avrilb.html
         http://www.messagelabs.com
         http://www3.ca.com/virusinfo/Virus.asp?ID=13981
         http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-979475.html

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Dear Trend Micro Customer:

This mass-mailing worm propagates via email, mapped network-shared drives,
IRC, ICQ and KaZaA Peer-to-Peer file sharing. It arrives through email
with the following details: 

Subject: (any of the following) 
Fw: Redirection error notification 
Re: Brigada Ocho Free membership 
Re: According to Purge's Statement 
Fw: Avril Lavigne - CHART ATTACK! 
Re: Reply on account for IIS-Security Breach (TFTP) 
Re: ACTR/ACCELS Transcriptions 
Re: IREX admits you to take in FSAU 2003 
Fwd: Re: Have U requested Avril Lavigne bio? 
Re: Reply on account for IFRAME-Security breach 
Fwd: Re: Reply on account for Incorrect MIME-header 
Re: Vote seniors masters - don't miss it! 
Fwd: RFC-0245 Specification requested... 
Fwd: RFC-0841 Specification requested... 
Fw: F. M. Dostoyevsky 

For more information on WORM_LIRVA.C, please visit our Web site at:
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_LIRVA.C

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