scuzzman Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 A NEW computer worm is spreading via an email that poses as a news update from US news service CNN.The email lifts its subject line, content and message from CNN's website, giving it the appearance of a genuine news update. Both the subject line and virus attachment change to reflect the top headline on CNN's website. If opened, the attachment installs the Crowt-A worm on the user's machine. The worm acts as a keystroke logger, recording whatever the user types and forwarding it to a remote location via the internet. Anti-virus software firm Sophos said it had only seen a small number of the infected emails.Original story here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 Just goes to reinforce the advice never to open attachments unless you know who sent them, and only then if you are absolutely certain.that all is OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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