[CTS] Fw: E-mail worm uses Sept. 11 lure
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- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 11:34:53 -0500
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E-mail worm uses Sept. 11 lure
By Margaret Kane=20
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
September 11, 2002, 7:38 AM PT
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A new e-mail worm has surfaced that uses the terror attacks of Sept. 11 =
to lure victims, antivirus groups say.=20
The worm has the subject line "All people" and appears to be from =
"main@xxxxxxxxxx" It has an attachment titled "11September.exe." =
According to antivirus company McAfee.com, the worm starts a mass =
mailing to all people found in Microsoft's Windows and Outlook address =
books.
The worm is believed to have originated in Russia. But according to =
McAfee, the programming is buggy and it fails to work on many systems. =
The company classified the worm as a low-level threat.
Antivirus software maker Symantec said that fewer than 50 infections had =
been reported as of Tuesday night.
The text of the message claims the attachment has photographs that offer =
new evidence of the events of Sept. 11 and claims that "America and =
England have begun bombardment of Iraq."
"This seems to be a poor attempt from a wannabe virus writer to exploit =
the commemoration of Sept. 11," Mikko Hypponen, manager of antivirus =
research at F-Secure, said in a statement. "However, as the worm seems =
to crash regularly, it won't go far."
This is not the first time virus writers have tried to exploit the =
terror attacks. A worm was launched weeks after the attacks last year =
that claimed to be a message of peace. And the Nimda worm, which =
infected hundreds of thousands of systems, was set loose only a week =
after last year's terror attacks.
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