Worms in the new year cards will "ux
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Hackers appear not to have made the right resolution to cease trading on the Internet and new to be announced. According to Ken Dunham of VeriSign, early this year, we must remain vigilant against shippers will "ux, which can transmit to your PC.
A mass mailing of emails containing a small not nice at all to your PC, entitled  " Happy New Year" was triggered strong rhythm supported by 5 mails per second on some networks. Accompanied by an executable file containing malicious code based on a variant of Tibs, it will also install two rootkits on your machine, preventing spam from being detected.
 "The worm will not infect the PC only if the user to click accept, but the period is particularly conducive to this type of e Â" says Ken Dunham. Mikko Hypponen, director of research for F-Secure adds that infection postcard.exe, the name of the attachment, however, should be avoided, because it seems rather bearer of bad news.
In parallel, Panda Software has released a list of 12 most unusual virus in 2006. Note that SafetyBar virus is classified as the most disappointing of the year because it provides information on computer security, which are totally absent. Popuper is also present, because once installed, it runs a pirated version of a popular antivirus and eliminates up to its competitors, seeking to become the sole master on board virus from your PC.
So for 2007, remember the golden rule, never open an attachment sent by an email address commutes or unknown, since you have not requested, at the risk of your PC to the  "   tourista "worm infected at all it might become.
Source: PCimpact.
