Isn't this a perfect way how to release a new worm into the wild? Hyperlink in a Bugtraq message/archive is a really innovative virus distribution vector. Everybody else submits the suspicious files the the antivirus companies. > i don't know much at all about windows, but this spam got past my spam > filter and drew my attention. i tested the suspect file in some on-line > virus checkers, and they all reported the file as not being a threat. > looking at the page that the spam requested (hidden after "@" in the link) > i can only think that the file is up to no-good. > > the original spam, the page that it requests, and the suspicious "exe" > file: > http://smasher.suspicious.org/tmp/live-virus.tgz
