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   From: ar231@FreeNet.Carleton.CA   
      
   (K): Those who normally get Valentines Day greetings from friends or   
   spouses should be particularly careful..........   
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   Tuesday, January 23, 2007   
      
   Stormy e-mail worm lures victims with love   
      
   A rapidly spreading computer virus that hit over the weekend is now using   
   a different approach to trick unsuspecting victims, a Finnish computer   
   security company says.   
      
   The so-called Stormy worm, spread by e-mail, is now using "love-related"   
   subject lines to lure people into opening an attached program that infects   
   a computer, allowing an attacker to hijack the machine, according to   
   F-Secure Corp.   
      
   The virus spam had previously used subject lines related to a massive and   
   deadly storm that had hit Europe.   
      
   "The subjects used in the e-mails have now changed from news-related   
   events to love-related topics," F-Secure technical manager Patrik Runald   
   wrote in a post to the company's security blog late Monday.   
      
   "Sending you my love," "Can't wait to see you!" and "You rock me!" are   
   among the subject lines now being used.   
      
   The list of attached files, all ending in ".exe"   signifying an   
   executable program  has also changed to include "Greeting Postcard,"   
   "postcard" and "flash postcard."   
      
   This list looks very similar to the list of greeting cards over at   
   2000greetings.com," Runald noted.   
      
   The worm  a computer virus designed to copy itself  started to spread   
   through e-mails on Thursday with the subject line "230 dead as storm   
   batters Europe."   
      
   The hackers who made the virus are believed to be based in Asia and likely   
   hope to create a so-called "zombie" robot network or "botnet." The network   
   of machines could then be remotely used by malicious individuals to send   
   spam e-mails, spread more viruses or steal information through fraudulent   
   phishing e-mails.   
      
   F-Secure's lab in Kuala Lumpur discovered the worm early Friday (European   
   time), leading researchers to believe the attack originated in Asia.   
      
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                If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?   
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