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Answer» Security EXPERTS are warning PC users to be on GUARD against viruses masquerading as Valentine's Day messages, which could damage computers. "Computer users should keep a wary eye on any romantic messages received by e-mail, as many of them[highlight] could contain malicious code[/highlight]," said US security firm PandaLabs after detecting an increase in a worm it dubbed Nurech.A. [highlight]The worm hides in e-mails with subjects like: "Together You and I," "Til the End of Time Heart of Mine."[/highlight] PEOPLE who open an attached file such as postcard.exe can end up infecting their computers. Security firm Symantec said it had detected "large-scale spamming" of e-mails including a Trojan horse, a program that contains or installs a malicious program. Symantec said the malware was a new version of Trojan, Peacomm or the "Storm Trojan." "With Valentine's Day approaching, this time around the authors are attempting to tug on the heartstrings of unsuspecting users with romantic subject lines such as 'My Heart belongs to you,' said Symantec's Orla Cox. "The Trojan is much the same as we've seen before, the only difference being that the authors have used a modified packer in an (unsuccessful) effort to evade detection by antivirus vendors." "As a general rule, don't open any suspicious e-mail, regardless of what is says it contains," said Luis Corrons, technical director of PandaLabs. "Instead of GOING on instincts, let a security solution decide whether it's safe to open it or not," he said, urging users to scan any suspicious messages with an antivirus program. Corrons said events like Valentine's Day and Christmas are often exploited by cyber-criminals to try and spread their creations by disguising infected e-mails as e-greeting cards. This use of "social engineering" was used in the LoveLetter virus, which caused one of the biggest epidemics in computer history. Too many viruses . . . It's pathetic: a)that people have time to sit and write these things and have NOTHING better to do, and b) the amount of people that open these emails, ignoring common sense and all basic security rules. They just don't pay attention to anything they're told or that they hear, and then wonder why they get infected.Thanks for the heads-up, honvetops.will see how many ppl come to us around v-day for helpQuote Too many viruses . . . I agree 100% but; there are still a large percentage of older (above55) internet users and others- who don't even know what virus protection is. I have spoken to 2 at work and even my dad a few months back who were totally "clueless" to the threat. As redundant as these warnings get, they still do serve a purpose to the uneducated* This just adds to my theorem that one should automatically delete unsolicited email from anyone. (At least, the ones with attachments.) I remember the paranoia that even opening an email could destroy a PC -- pathetic.Quote Thanks for the heads-up, honvetops. agreed... 8-)fffreakOnce again lots of info ...no links. Quote Once again lots of info ..[highlight].no links.[/highlight] http://p231.news.mud.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070209/od_afp/afplifestyleusinternet_070209230449 |
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