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Antivirus companies warned of a new worm on Monday that is sent by email and appears to contain photographs of the Iraq war, ZDNet UK reports.
The Famus.B worm affects Windows systems and tries to trick users into believing its attached file -- called Iraq.scr -- contains pictures from inside Iraq. In reality the file infects the user's computer, displays a false error message and harvests any email addresses stored on the PC's hard drive.
Famus.B then creates an SMTP engine that allows it to send copies of itself to all the victim's contacts. To finish off it inserts a line into the Windows registry so the computer will remain infected even after a reboot.
Emails carrying the worm have the subject line: "Iraq and the crime". The email also exists in a Spanish version.
The Famus.B worm affects Windows systems and tries to trick users into believing its attached file -- called Iraq.scr -- contains pictures from inside Iraq. In reality the file infects the user's computer, displays a false error message and harvests any email addresses stored on the PC's hard drive.
Famus.B then creates an SMTP engine that allows it to send copies of itself to all the victim's contacts. To finish off it inserts a line into the Windows registry so the computer will remain infected even after a reboot.
Emails carrying the worm have the subject line: "Iraq and the crime". The email also exists in a Spanish version.