UK security software company Sophos says it has unveiled two new attacks that are spreading by hiding in e-mail attachments featuring Valentine's Day and peer-to-peer networks.
Deep Kipis.H appears in letters with the subject line "Happy Valentine's Day" with the content " With the coming Valentine's day! I very much love you "And the attachment Valentine.EXE. Once activated, the virus will disable all security features on the victim machine, allowing the hacker to remotely access it by installing a backdoor trojan and sending a copy of it to all the infected computers. E-mail contacts.
Meanwhile, the VBSWG.D worm spread in messages with the subject line "First Love Story ... !!!" and a file called FirstLove.VBS. Today, the computer infected with this virus will display the message in English " Happy F ... ing Valentine ... !!! " Next, VBSWG.D will shut down the PC after sending its copy to all e-mail addresses in the computer directory.
Also on Valentine's Day, Sophos said a wave of holiday spam has appeared with tens of thousands of promotional mail service, chocolate, flowers discount ...
