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Storm Worm Reborn as Malicious Valentine's Day Greeting

by Terrence O'Brien on February 1, 2009 at 03:10 PM

Waldec -- The Second Coming of the Storm Worm
As if the threat of the Conficker hanging over our heads weren't enough, now we've got the second coming of the Storm Worm, called Waledec, to watch out for.

Waldec spreads via e-mails claiming to have a Valentine's Day greeting for you. Clicking on the link contained in the message takes you to a page containing dozens of hearts with the message "guess which one is for you? Clicking on any of the hearts prompts you to download and install an .exe file containing malicious code that spams other e-mail addresses it finds in your inbox.

Paul Ferguson, a researcher at Trend Micro, maker of anti-virus software, says he believes that Waldec and Conficker are the work of the same group. There are hints in the coding that suggest the same organization worked on both viruses.

Waldec should be a little easier to avoid than Conficker because of its reliance on unsolicited e-mails, which we're hoping you've learned to ignore by now. [From: CNET]

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