Virus Pretends CNN Headlines

Filed in: Security — January 25th, 2005

A PC virus has started to spread through e-mail, luring potential victims by disguising itself as a headline newsletter from CNN, an antivirus company said Thursday.

E-mails laden with the virus, dubbed “Crowt.A” by Sophos, do not have a typical subject line and other characteristics, Sophos said. Instead, the virus sends out e-mail messages with subject lines, message content and attachment names drawn from the latest news headlines on CNN’s Web site, which it gathers as it spreads. Very few Sophos customers have reported that they been affected by Crowt.A so far, the company said.

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  • Mack Zulkifli

    Hey Liew, I like your new layout. This would be WordPress right? Do you have to manually enter the related links or is it auto.

    Anyway, I am wondering if the next virus spread would target RSS readers, much like the flaw in IE5.

  • Mack Zulkifli

    Hey Liew, I like your new layout. This would be WordPress right? Do you have to manually enter the related links or is it auto.

    Anyway, I am wondering if the next virus spread would target RSS readers, much like the flaw in IE5.

  • http://www.liewcf.com/ LcF

    @Mark Zulkifli: Thank you. This is WordPress. The related link is auto generated by “related entries” plugin by w-a-s-a-b-i.com.

    RSS feed is plain text, it cannot attach any file(virus). However, it can include links to virus file. So, do not submit to RSS feed that you do not trust.

  • http://www.liewcf.com LcF

    @Mark Zulkifli: Thank you. This is WordPress. The related link is auto generated by “related entries” plugin by w-a-s-a-b-i.com.

    RSS feed is plain text, it cannot attach any file(virus). However, it can include links to virus file. So, do not submit to RSS feed that you do not trust.

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