Category: Virus & AntiVirus
New Improved Bagle Worm Win32.Glieder! Now with Win32.Fantibag and Win32.Mitglieder
Not content to just do its normal wormly dirty work, a new variation on the infamous Bagle worm, Win32.Glieder, brings with it two companion Trojans, Win32.Fantibag and Win32.Mitglieder (literally, in German, “with Glieder”). Said Chris Thomas, a security architect with Computer Associates, “We’ve seen blended threats before where a virus…
AIM Gpic.aol Worm Says “damn this looks just like me lol”
This is an update on the Gpic.aol worm which is borne by AOL Instant Messenger (AIM). This is the worm which spreads itself by sending the target (that’s you) an instant message via AIM which says “damn this looks just like me lol”. According to some sources, the worm is…
New Gpic AIM Worm Invites Users to Look at Pictures on Google
A newly discovered worm dubbed “Gpic.aol” and being transported via AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) arrives as an instant message along the lines of “damn this looks just like me lol” and proffering a link which claims to be a link to pictures.google.com However, as soon as the unwitting recipient clicks…
New Viruses for AOL and Yahoo Instant Messengers for the Long Weekend
Just in time to make Memorial Day weekend really memorable, both AOL and Yahoo Instant Messengers are being targeted, the former by an Internet worm, the latter by a phishing scam. “hehe i found this funny movie”, says your AOL AIM Instant Messenger buddy. Only it’s not really your buddy,…
Beware the Fake Microsoft Windows Update Patch W32.Pinfi!
Surely as night follows day, fake Microsoft updates now follow Microsoft’s genuine monthly security updates. The real Microsoft updates come out on the second Tuesday of each month. By the second Wednesday of each month, there are fake patches being spammed around, each of which is, of course, really a…
New Windows AIM Virus Invites You to the Pub
A new AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) virus is being reported, and this one sure is a friendly little guy. After taking over your AIM buddy list, it sends out instant messages to all of your friends, inviting them to visit a link to the website of The Harp, an Irish…
New Windows Worm Offers Free Soccer Tickets
A new version of the Sober worm, dubbed “Sober V” is using a new tactic to lure users into opening the email in which it lays in wait: free soccer tickets. Timing its launch with that of a genuine mailing campaign by FIFA, the Federation Internationale de Football Association, which…
New AOL Instant Messenger Windows Virus
A new virus aimed (no pun intended) at AOL Instant Messenger Windows users has been discovered this week. It will appear to come from one of your buddies, with a message of “hey check this out!”, along with a link to “http://adwordsvideo.com/gallery/pictures.php”. It sure looks like a website link, doesn’t…
New Windows Virus Wipes Out MP3 Files! Is the Nopir-B Worm Aimed at Pirates?
The new W32/Nopir-B virus is a worm with a mission: to search and destroy MP3 files on its victims hard drives. Ouch. While it seems to be aimed at trying to target music pirates who populate their music collection with pirated MP3s through peer-to-peer networks, the worm can’t tell the…
New Worm Variant Attacking Windows – New Sober Worm Bilingual
There’s a new Sober worm in town, and this one is both clever and bilingual, being sent in both English and German. The new Sober worm version, being called W32.Sober.N@mm (such appealing names!) originated in Europe, and announces itself in English with some version of “I’ve_got your EMail on my_account!”…
Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Sex, and the Unsuspecting Windows User
Microsoft Windows users are the target of a particularly titillating new worm, which in turn is targeting Microsoft itself. “Watch Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt caught on TAPE! SEXY CLIP! WATCH IT!”, the email says. And apparently you’d be surprised by how many people can’t resist opening such an email…
$25,000 Prize for First Person to Write OS X Virus Cancelled
DVForge, known to Mac lovers the world ’round for such products as the SightFlex, MacMice, and the Ball, has cancelled its contest in which it offered $25,000 to the first person who wrote a virus directed at OS X, and who could incapacitate at least two PowerMacs. Wrote DVForge CEO…
Two Internet Worms Target MSN Instant Messenger Users
MSN Messenger has been added to the list of instant messenger programs which require heightened vigilence. Two security companies have discovered that there are two worms, one old and revised, and one new, which are targetting MSN Messenger users. As if we don’t have enough to worry about with phishers…
New Windows MyDoom Worm Searches and Destroys
The newest version of the MyDoom worm, discovered just today, not only still creates its own SMTP engine allowing it to send email from infected machine to every email address it can find on the computer, but this new and “improved” MyDoom also uses the computer’s Internet connection to search…
Windows Users: Urgent Update on Bropia Worm
Two independent security firms have issued alerts over the next generation Bropia worm this week. Danish security company Secunia has issued what it calls a “medium” alert about the newly discovered version of Bropia, warning that it is spreading quickly through MSN Messenger. And Korean security firm Global Hauri has…
