Sophos researchers were interested to discover that the mutation of the
EXE files generated by Gattman is achieved by looking for file- morphing utilities on each infected PC.
Newpic" is an executable program written in Visual Basic and is complied in an
EXE file about 50Kb in length.
f Trojan, contains a peer to peer propagation routine and may be an
EXE file.
The worm itself is a Windows PE
EXE file about 57Kb in length, and is written in Microsoft C++.
In the case of a VBS file, it will be Windows Scripting Host, and with an
EXE file, it will be a Widows command processor, etc.
It arrives via e-mail with the subject "hi", body containing "test" and a randomly named
EXE file attached.
For your convenience, and to make letter less, all documentary materials (photos and MS Word documents) are located in one
EXE file.
