PandaLabs Warns of ‘Nuwar.B’ Worm
PandaLabs, Panda Software’s IT security laboratory, has warned the Internet users from ‘Nuwar.B’ worm. Nuwar.B reaches computers in a message with the subject ‘Happy New Year!’, according to PandaLabs.
PandaLabs, Panda Software’s IT security laboratory, has warned the Internet users from ‘Nuwar.B’ worm. Nuwar.B reaches computers in a message with the subject ‘Happy New Year!’, according to PandaLabs.
The message text includes a file with the name ‘postcard.exe’, which contains the worm.
When users run the attached file, Nuwar.B copies itself to the system and downloads a copy of the Spammer.EN Trojan to the computer.
Finally, the Trojan connects to an email server to send out spam to the addresses it finds on the affected system.
Mikel Perez, Director of the Malware Detection Department, PandaLabs, said: “This is just another turn of the screw in the field of cyber-crime. In this case we see how an email worm, a type of threat clearly in decline as a result of the new financial motivation behind the actions of malware creators, is also being used to make money.
Most probably this is a criminal that has bought stocks at a low price, and has endeavored to increase their price and obtain large benefits by spreading Nuwar.B”. [source]
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