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Malware
by Ivy on January 3, 2007

But, onto the spam spreading virus, here's what Information week says about it:
"The worm, dubbed "Tibs" by Kaspersky Lab but also known as a "Nuwar" variant (Trend Micro) and "Mixor.q" (Symantec), appears as a file attachment named "postcard.exe" in messages with "Happy New Year" subject headings. Users who launch the executable will infect their PCs with rootkits, keyloggers, and other malware."
Following the recent trend, this worm also has thousands of variants, one security expert counted 850 different ones in just five minutes, and spreads like plague using spam and armies of spam bots. This makes it extremely difficult for anti-virus vendors to issue effective definitions for their programs, so many users out there are left 'naked' with insufficient protection, even if they did pay for their anti-virus programs.
I don't know where this world is going to! I hate penis enlargement/diet pill/stock tip spam, but it all becomes even worse when the spam is combined with worms.
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