PandaLabs, Panda Software’s anti-malware laboratory, has warned the Internet users from ‘Spamta.NB’, a new worm that spreads across the computers via email.


PandaLabs, Panda Software’s anti-malware laboratory, has warned the Internet users from ‘Spamta.NB’, a new worm that spreads across the computers via email.

Spamta.NB is based on an earlier worm ‘SpamtaLoad.BL’, which also spread via email in a message with subject ‘Error’, ‘Good day’, ‘hello’, ‘Mail Delivery System’, ‘Mail server report’ or ‘Mail Transaction Failed’.

The messages include an attachment with a false extension. The real extension of this executable that contains the malicious code could be CMD, DAT, EXE, PIF or SCR, according to Panda Software.

Luis Corrons, Director, PandaLabs, said: “This type of activity often peaks over the Christmas period, and with users making more purchases online, the security of their systems could be compromised if they do not have adequate protection installed”. [source]

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