Gathering 'Storm' Superworm Poses Grave Threat to PC Nets
Thursday, October 4, 2007 by Philly0381 | Discussion: Personal Computing
This is for those of you that work in the IT field. I'm sure that you all have taken approprite actions by now. Right? 
The Storm worm first appeared at the beginning of the year, hiding in e-mail attachments with the subject line: "230 dead as storm batters Europe." Those who opened the attachment became infected, their computers joining an ever-growing botnet.
Although it's most commonly called a worm, Storm is really more: a worm, a Trojan horse and a bot all rolled into one. It's also the most successful example we have of a new breed of worm, and I've seen estimates that between 1 million and 50 million computers have been infected worldwide.
WWW Link
The Storm worm first appeared at the beginning of the year, hiding in e-mail attachments with the subject line: "230 dead as storm batters Europe." Those who opened the attachment became infected, their computers joining an ever-growing botnet.
Although it's most commonly called a worm, Storm is really more: a worm, a Trojan horse and a bot all rolled into one. It's also the most successful example we have of a new breed of worm, and I've seen estimates that between 1 million and 50 million computers have been infected worldwide.
WWW Link
seldomseen
Reply #2 Friday, October 5, 2007 6:36 PM
It's the matrix
Reply #2 Friday, October 5, 2007 6:36 PM
Those who opened the attachment became infected, their computers joining an ever-growing botnet. 
It's the matrix
starkers
Reply #3 Friday, October 5, 2007 9:20 PM
Ah, so it's not a conspiracy after (oh honey, would you cancel that order on the tinfoil hats) all. Seems now I'll have to order me some of those special spectacles that filter out the Matrix code instead, then.
Reply #3 Friday, October 5, 2007 9:20 PM
It's the matrix
Ah, so it's not a conspiracy after (oh honey, would you cancel that order on the tinfoil hats) all. Seems now I'll have to order me some of those special spectacles that filter out the Matrix code instead, then.
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Reply #1 Thursday, October 4, 2007 9:34 PM