FBI warns of new Storm Worm attack

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A rash of complaints prompted the FBI to issue a warning of a new round of spam e-mails bombarding the Internet to spread the malicious Storm Worm.

In an announcement today, the FBI and its partner organization, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), said they've received reports of recent spam e-mails spreading the Storm Worm. The e-mails contain the phrase "F.B.I. vs. facebook," according to the warnings, and ask recipients to click on a link to view an article about the FBI and Facebook that then downloads malicious software.

The IC3 posted a similar warning today.

Past Storm Worm distributions have been linked to holiday e-card links where recipients are asked to click on a link to receive a greeting card, the FBI said. By clicking on the enclosed links, users' computers become infected with the virus that then connects them to a Storm Worm botnet that's used to downlaod malware.

[i][sub]Source: [url=\"http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/073008-fbi-warns-of-new-storm.html?fsrc=netflash-rss\"]Todd Weiss[/url][/sub][/i]