E-mail virus spreads through Asia, Europe

[peterh]

http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/7748892.htm

NEW YORK - A new Internet virus was spreading fast throughout Asia, Australia and Europe but computer security experts were divided on the seriousness of the threat from the "Bagle" worm, and reckoned home users were most at risk.
Experts expected some impact in the United States when people returned to work Tuesday after a holiday weekend.
The "Bagle" or "Beagle" worm arrives in an e-mail with the subject "hi" and the word "test" in the message body. If the accompanying attachment is executed, the worm is unleashed and tries to send itself to all e-mails listed in the user's address book.
Sometimes the attachment is designed to look like a Microsoft calculator, said David Perry, spokesman for antivirus software firm Trend Micro Inc.
The virus only affects machines running Microsoft Windows operating systems.





Kinda waiting for the pretzel worm to hit…oh wait…I guess we’ve had that for 3 years now and it’s still wreaking havoc….

[EV1Ltimm]

1. people in asia, europe are stupid.

toll of virus in the states expected to dwarf numbers abroad.

[gandalf]

2. Only in Old Europe