[net-gold] ALERT: COMPUTER VIRUSES: Web Users Hit by Sex Movie Worm

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  • Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 12:16:31 -0400 (EDT)



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Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:50:55 -0400 (EDT)
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Subject: ALERT: COMPUTER VIRUSES: Web Users Hit by Sex Movie Worm



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ALERT:
COMPUTER VIRUSES:
Web Users Hit by Sex Movie Worm




Web Users Hit by Sex Movie Worm
An email that purports to offer free pornography but actually contains a virus is spreading like wildfire across the internet, security experts have warned.
By Nick Collins
Published: 9:00AM BST 11 Sep 2010
Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/ 7995604/Web-users-hit-by-sex-movie-worm.html



A shorter URL for the above link:



http://tinyurl.com/2dvxnx9



The email is entitled "Here you have" and holds within a link that appears to direct users to a PDF document.


In fact the link contains no documents but, if clicked, will enable the virus to access the user's Outlook address book and email itself to every contact contained within.


It will also attempt to disable any security programmes by deleting them, allowing it to remain hidden on the computer's hard drive.


The worm can also be passed on by unsecured links between computers sharing a network.




'Here You Have' Email Virus Strikes Google, NASA, And Other Giants
First Posted: 09- 9-10 06:28 PM   |   Updated: 09- 9-10 06:37 PM
thewrap.com
Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/09/ here-you-have-email-virus_n_711344.html



A shorter URL for the above link:



http://tinyurl.com/3xdfu5c



So far, the virus has already been sighted at ABC/Disney, Google, Coca Cola and NASA, several individuals with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap.


Read the whole story: thewrap.com
http://www.thewrap.com/media/column-post/ computer-virus-outbreak-strikes-corporate-america-20721



A shorter URL for the above link:



http://tinyurl.com/34b5u7z



"Here You Have" Email Virus Spreading Fast and Wreaking Havoc
By Frederic Lardinois September 10, 2010 9:20 AM
Read Write Web
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/here_you_have_email_virus_spreading_fast.php



A shorter URL for the above link:



http://tinyurl.com/364l5zl



According to security firm Symantec's Brian Ewell, here is what the worm does:


Spread through mapped drives through autorun

Spread through email by taking contacts from the address book

Spread through instant messenger

Disables various security related programs


As it manages to disable the antivirus products of numerous vendors, the virus can then propagate with relative ease. Besides email, the virus also uses open drive shares on a home or office network to spread itself even further. According to Symantec, just opening a folder that contains this file will launch the threat.


The link inside the original emails has now been taken offline, but a number of variants are already taking its place now.




The complete articles may be read at the URLs provided for each.




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