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New Email Worm Squirming Through Windows Users' Inboxes
Trailrunner7 writes "There appears to be an actual email worm in circulation right now, using the tried-and-true infection method of sending emails containing malicious executables to all of the names in a user's email address book. The worm arrives via emails with the subject line 'Here You Have' or something similar, and the messages contain a link to a site that will download a malicious file to the victim's PC. The malware then drops itself into the Windows directory with a file name of CSRSS.EXE, which is identical to a legitimate Windows file. From there, it's 2001 all over again, as the worm attempts to mail itself to all of the contacts in the victim's Outlook address book."
I thought worms were found in apples.
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thank goodness I saw this article...i was seconds away from clicking on the attachment in Pine.
Good people go to bed earlier.
Now Timmy... can you tell me which of the shiny... candy-like... red buttons has an electric current on it's surface? Ooooh. Sorry. It WAS a trick question. They all do. We're going to need another Timmy.