AGIST Worm - uses random "garbage" text for messages
AGIST Worm - uses random "garbage" text for messages
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_AGIST.A
TrendLabs has received several infection reports regarding this new worm spreading via email. It uses its own SMTP engine to propagate across machines. It arrives as a randomly-named .ZIP attachemnt via email. The details of the email message it sends out are as follows:
Subject: <none>
Body of message: (the message body is pure garbage)
Attachment: <random file name>.zip
The following is a sample email message that this worm sends out
![Sample message](http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/images/worm_agist_a.gif")
It runs on Windows 95, 98, NT, ME, 2000, and XP.