As I continue to enjoy my holidays (while reluctantly welcoming the coming year), it seems that spam, trojans and generally nasty baddies are lurking around and having some fun as well.
If you're one of the lucky/unlucky ones, an email containing a link to uhavepostcard.com with a subject like "New Year Ecard" should be in your inbox/spam folder right now.
Visiting the website seems to be fairly harmless for now, but following the site's instructions is not such a great idea. Especially not when the file they ask you to receive is the infamous Storm worm.
You may think you're safe as you may have heard that antivirus software has since been able to detect the Storm Worm, however, the Storm Worm is able to evolve and change its signature so it'll be some time before newer variants are detected. Which is what this executable happens to be.
Friends don't let friends get infected, so spread the word and stay vigilant.
See more here, here and here.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
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