The data security
company Norman warns against the network and mass-mailer
worm Lovgate.B@m. The worm is rated to high virus risk by
Norman.
This is an Aspack-compressed
email worm (Aspack, is used to take any executable file
and compress it into a smaller file), it also spreads over
network connections.
Information in the
subject field of the email is randomly chosen based on
existing emails. The body texts are; “I'll try to reply as
soon as possible”, “Take a look to the attachment and send
me your opinion!”
The attachments appear
with several different names, e.g. “SETUP.EXE”, “searchURL.exe”..
To populate the worm replies to any email addresses it
finds in Outlook and Outlook Express’ in-boxes and
sendsitself. When it infects a host a Trojan is installed
trying to open for remote access.
Norman’s customers have been protected since Monday,
February 24, from the Lovgate.B@mm
We will continue to
follow the current situation carefully.
Users are encouraged to
update their Norman Virus Control protection to the most
recent version.
For more detailed Information about this threat visit:
www.norman.com
For further
information, please contact
SAV25
Data Systems
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