Beware Today of the Storm Worm Virus
Thursday, February 14, 2008 23:29
For the past few days the (botnet Trojan) Storm virus is using St. Valentine’s day as an excuse to continue to spread its destructive job. Today the FBI thinks this is the most dangerous day and made a special announcement to warn us all.
The Storm Worm is spreading by using various holidays, like a Christmas card, Easter message etc. This time St. Valentine’s day is its next target.
If you receive an eCard with subject “You are the one”, “Falling in Love with you” and it seems a bit strange (ie you do not know the sender) then stay away. Especially if the message contain a valentine.exe!
It is the second year that this virus is going around and this time its is more evolved. If your PC gets infected then it becomes a part of a Botnet network in which all infected computers are used mainly for illegal activities such (spam mails, identity theft etc)
See the FBI’s announcement here