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April Fool's Storm Worm e-mail Attacks PCs
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Posted by Donster on: 2008-04-02 15:36:35 487
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By Carrie-Ann Skinner, YahooNews
A new storm worm with an April Fool's Day theme is targeting the Web, according to security software firm PC Tools.
"The Storm worm gang has done it again. This time e-mails are being circulated, which are associated with the April Fool's Day theme," said PC Tools chief threat officer, Kurt Baumgartner.
The e-mail messages contain links that direct users to Web sites that contain malware. Once the files are downloaded and executed on the computer it sets a firewall exception rule and then attempts to 'phone home' using various outgoing ports.
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News Source: Email
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