Post by flame13th on Feb 2, 2006 10:50:23 GMT -5
This is a serious matter. Please read.
Worm Will Attack Tomorrow
(From The Star)
A new malicious computer worm, the Blackmail, which began infecting computers last week, was programmed to launch another attack on Feb 3, and the third of every month thereafter, according to security firm Trend Micro.
The new worm, known variously as Nyxem, KamaSutra, Mywife, and CME-24, had infected hundreds of thousands of machines over the past week, said Jamz Yaneza, senior threat analyst at Trend Micro.
Users may not know yet their computers had been compromised, he said.
Like most worms, Blackmail propogates via e-mail attachments and shared network storage (including Messenger) including popular peer-to-peer file sharing services.(Like Limewire, Kazaa and similiar P2P)
To entice users to open attachments, the worm employs common techniques, including the promise of pictures, pornographic content or joke.
Though this worm utilises common propagation techniques, the code itself was anything but common, said Yaneza.
"This is a destructive virus that deletes and overwrites any number of files present on a user's system by targetting the most popular file formats," he said.
In addition to losing a great deal of data, the virus also renders the keyboard and mouse inoperable.
Yaneza, who described the worm as a global threat, said it had affected computer systems in more than 150 countries.
Users were advised to update their anti-virus applications and perform a complete scan of their systems to ensure their computers had not been infected.
(From The Malay Mail)
Take heed, PC owners out there! A new 'worm' is expected to attack e-mail boxes tomorrow.
The findings were made known by threat researchers at anti-virus and content security firm, Trend Micro recently.
In a Press statement yesterday, it said the virus had infected systems since last week, and would launch an attack tomorrow and on the third day of every month, thereafter.
The new worm, known as Nyxem, Blackmail, Mywife or CME-24, propogates via e-mail attachments and network shares, including the peer-to-peer, or P2P file sharing services.
Trend Micro said the e-mail method of transmission employed common techniques of promise of picture and pornography.
The good news is that since this is a relatively well-known to the security industry, most major industry vendors, including Trend Micro, can detect this worm and its variants.
The company has a specific detection for all currently-known variants of this worm, and successfully detects new variants, thereby providing broad protection against this threat.
It also has the capability to automatically remove this worm via its damage cleanup services.
Trend Micro customers can visit www.trendmicro.com/download/dcs.asp to utilise this service.
Email users are also advised to run a scan of their systems, to ensure they are not infected. Other dos and don'ts include
*Do not open any e-mail from those you don't know.
*Do not open attachments from those you DO know, if you weren't expecting an attachment from that person, or if the content of the e-mail seems out of character for that person.
*Ensure your anti-virus definitions are up-to-date.
*Run a manual scan with your updated Trend Micro product or with Housecall (or any updated anti-virus softwares such as Norton 2006), Trend Micro also has a free online virus scanner : housecall.trendmicro.com.
(From The Star)
A new malicious computer worm, the Blackmail, which began infecting computers last week, was programmed to launch another attack on Feb 3, and the third of every month thereafter, according to security firm Trend Micro.
The new worm, known variously as Nyxem, KamaSutra, Mywife, and CME-24, had infected hundreds of thousands of machines over the past week, said Jamz Yaneza, senior threat analyst at Trend Micro.
Users may not know yet their computers had been compromised, he said.
Like most worms, Blackmail propogates via e-mail attachments and shared network storage (including Messenger) including popular peer-to-peer file sharing services.(Like Limewire, Kazaa and similiar P2P)
To entice users to open attachments, the worm employs common techniques, including the promise of pictures, pornographic content or joke.
Though this worm utilises common propagation techniques, the code itself was anything but common, said Yaneza.
"This is a destructive virus that deletes and overwrites any number of files present on a user's system by targetting the most popular file formats," he said.
In addition to losing a great deal of data, the virus also renders the keyboard and mouse inoperable.
Yaneza, who described the worm as a global threat, said it had affected computer systems in more than 150 countries.
Users were advised to update their anti-virus applications and perform a complete scan of their systems to ensure their computers had not been infected.
(From The Malay Mail)
Take heed, PC owners out there! A new 'worm' is expected to attack e-mail boxes tomorrow.
The findings were made known by threat researchers at anti-virus and content security firm, Trend Micro recently.
In a Press statement yesterday, it said the virus had infected systems since last week, and would launch an attack tomorrow and on the third day of every month, thereafter.
The new worm, known as Nyxem, Blackmail, Mywife or CME-24, propogates via e-mail attachments and network shares, including the peer-to-peer, or P2P file sharing services.
Trend Micro said the e-mail method of transmission employed common techniques of promise of picture and pornography.
The good news is that since this is a relatively well-known to the security industry, most major industry vendors, including Trend Micro, can detect this worm and its variants.
The company has a specific detection for all currently-known variants of this worm, and successfully detects new variants, thereby providing broad protection against this threat.
It also has the capability to automatically remove this worm via its damage cleanup services.
Trend Micro customers can visit www.trendmicro.com/download/dcs.asp to utilise this service.
Email users are also advised to run a scan of their systems, to ensure they are not infected. Other dos and don'ts include
*Do not open any e-mail from those you don't know.
*Do not open attachments from those you DO know, if you weren't expecting an attachment from that person, or if the content of the e-mail seems out of character for that person.
*Ensure your anti-virus definitions are up-to-date.
*Run a manual scan with your updated Trend Micro product or with Housecall (or any updated anti-virus softwares such as Norton 2006), Trend Micro also has a free online virus scanner : housecall.trendmicro.com.
That's not good, a huge virus hitting our computers every 3rd of the month?! Good thing I barely use my e-mail, but I do use Messenger a lot, so I'll have to be careful....
Chiken Nuggit 
