EDITOR:
Folks, you have to retrain yourself not to open files or zip files unless you requested them from a trusted source. To open something because someone thinks it is funny and you would like it too is what leads to these disasters. ASK yourself each time is this worth the loss of my computer?
New Storm Worm Outbreak Blasting The Internet -- E-Mail Virus -- InformationWeek: "'This is potentially a huge problem,' said Johannes Ullrich, chief research officer at the SANS Institute and chief technology officer for the Internet Storm Center. 'It's basically impossible to shut this thing down.... And once a user is infected, it's very hard to get rid of it. They would probably have to reinstall their system.'
The outbreak starts with a wide-ranging spam attack that is littering e-mail inboxes around the globe. The e-mail has subject lines like 'Worm Alert,' 'Virus Alert,' 'Worm Activity Detected!' and 'Dream of You.' Some of the subject lines even use the word 'love' or promise a patch for 'new bug.' Martin said the spam generator is changing the subject lines on a regular basis to throw off users and antivirus vendors.
Inside the e-mail is an image and an encrypted zip file. The image has the password needed to open the zip file."
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