Bolan
01-12-2007, 08:35 AM
Experts are warning of a new e-mail worm arriving in in-boxes with the subject "Happy New Year!," Computerworld reports.
The message, currently being spread from 160 e-mail domains, requires users to click on the attached "postcard.exe" file in order to cause damage. The file will install several different malicious code variants, including Tibs, Nwar, Banwarum and Glowa, on the computer. It then executes mass mailings from the infected computer.
The worm is already being heavily spammed. A security company has found one network that is sending out five e-mails per second with the worm.
The security company believes that the worm has the potential to do damage because of the "Happy New Year!" subject line. The company is warning e-mail users to be wary before clicking on messages that they think may be legitimate happy New Year messages from friends.
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The message, currently being spread from 160 e-mail domains, requires users to click on the attached "postcard.exe" file in order to cause damage. The file will install several different malicious code variants, including Tibs, Nwar, Banwarum and Glowa, on the computer. It then executes mass mailings from the infected computer.
The worm is already being heavily spammed. A security company has found one network that is sending out five e-mails per second with the worm.
The security company believes that the worm has the potential to do damage because of the "Happy New Year!" subject line. The company is warning e-mail users to be wary before clicking on messages that they think may be legitimate happy New Year messages from friends.
read full story here.
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=security&articleId=9006899&taxonomyId=17&intsrc=kc_top