Massive Spam Shot of "Storm Trojan"

jcatcw writes "Postini has already counted nearly 5 million copies of the spam in the last 24 hours, and calculated that the run currently accounts for 87% of all malware being spread through email. 'Expect this to grow much larger,' a Postini spokesman said; 'It should top out at 60 million messages within the next 24 hours.' It's the largest attack in the last 12 months, and more than three times the volume of the two biggest in recent memory: a pair of blasts in December and January. The spam carries a ZIP file attachment posing as a patch with subjects such as Worm Alert!, Worm Detected, Spyware Detected!, or Virus Activity Detected."

Does it run on Vista?

[Anonymous Coward]

Does this variant run on Vista? That'd be too funny.

Wow, good thing

[Grashnak]

Good thing I installed that anti virus program that unexpectedly emails me attachments to protect me. Otherwise I'd be in trouble!

Re:Another day in the world of near-monoculture.

[grub]

Microsoft is to computers what Philip Morris is to lungs.
Woo, a new quote! :))

Re:Another day in the world of near-monoculture.

[grub]

s/what/as/g

Re:Another day in the world of near-monoculture.

[baryon351]

After all these years of malware on Windows systems, I think it's high time someone took Microsoft to court and at least charged them with contributory negligence. After the Mellissa virus, they can't claim that they don't know the hazard.

Who said it's Windows malware?

(yeah, OK, I was trying to be funny...)

Re:I saw one of these yesterday

[Anonymous Coward]

So macs are meant for the retards among us. Maybe you can get him a Fisher Price computer as well.

Re:Another day in the world of near-monoculture.

[jimstapleton]

Very true...

The biggest security risk is shared by all operating systems and hardware setups because it's not part of the computer.

It's the lump of carbon, water, and other trace elements/compounds between the keyboard and the chair.

Re:Another day in the world of near-monoculture.

[SomeoneGotMyNick]

I notice it doesn't mention which OS the trojan runs on.

**** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2.0 ****

Re:Another day in the world of near-monoculture.

[Hoi Polloi]

Microsoft is to viruses/trojans as Europe was to the Black Plague

Re:I saw one of these yesterday

[Anonymous Coward]

Since she started using a Mac.

computer IQ test?

[Bill, Shooter of Bul]

That is absolutely true. I guess the only real solution I can think of is require some sort of computer IQ test, instead of cancel or allow.

Are you sure you want to do this?

"YES"

OK what is the end result of this computation 15 XOR 24 ?

" UM 17?"

No, please call your son to ask permission to perform this operation.

Re:I got one, I got one!!!

[0100010001010011]

At least my spammers are well read. The text that accompanied one of my image spams is as follows:

'Aye, you do indeed,' said Gimli, looking them up and down over the top of his cup. 'Why, your hair is twice as thick and curly as when we parted; and I would swear that you have both grown somewhat, if that is possible for hobbits of your age. This Treebeard at any rate has not starved you.'

Re:It scares me to death!

[Mister Whirly]

"Once someone smart had said : There's no patch for stupidity"

Sure there is [wikipedia.org]

Trojan is so US centric

[TechyImmigrant]

It may be a Storm Trojan in the USA, however in the UK it would be called a Storm Durex. Either are good for penetration.