Internet users have been warned about a virus spreading widely across the web, sometimes posing as an e-mail from Microsoft chairman Bill Gates. The Sobig-C mass-mailing worm spreads via e-mail – forwarding itself to email addresses found on the infected computer’s hard drive – and network shares, security experts said yesterday (2 June). When forwarding itself on to other computer users the worm spoofs the “From:” field either using addresses found on the computer’s hard drive or “[email protected]”. Infected e-mails contain subject lines such as “Re: Movie”, “Re: Approved”, or “Re: Your application” and contain the message “Please see the attached file”. The worm can use a number of different attachment names including screensaver.scr, movie.pif and documents.pif. Full Story
About OODA Analyst
OODA is comprised of a unique team of international experts capable of providing advanced intelligence and analysis, strategy and planning support, risk and threat management, training, decision support, crisis response, and security services to global corporations and governments.