Storm Worm Hits Computers Around the World
By Reuters
January 19, 2007
HELSINKI (Reuters)-Computer virus writers started to use raging European
storms on Friday to attack thousands of computers in an unusual
real-time assault, head of research at Finnish data security firm
F-Secure told Reuters.
The virus, which the company named "Storm Worm," is sent to hundreds of
thousands of e-mail addresses globally, with the e-mail's subject line
saying "230 dead as storm batters Europe."
The attached file contains the so-called malware that can infiltrate
computer systems.
"What makes this exceptional is the timely nature of the attack," Mikko
Hypponen, head of research at F-Secure said. Hypponen said thousands of
computers around the world, most in private use, had been affected.
He said most users would not notice the malware, or trojan, which
creates a back door to the computer that can be exploited later to steal
data or to use the computer to post spam
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Dennis Curry
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