New Worms Threaten Windows Email Users

Bagel.U, MYWIFE.A and SNAPPER are the latest entries in the growing virus/worm inventory that are making the rounds.
Bagel.U is the worst of the lot.

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The most dangerous of the three, Bagel.U, was detected by security firm Panda Software, Glendale, Calif. Bagel.U attacks from within an e-mail message that has no subject and no body copy. The worm bears an attachment with a file name that varies, but it always has an "EXE" extension, Panda Software said in a statement.


If installed in an affected computer, Bagel.U can be recognized because it opens the Windows game Hearts, which is bundled with most Windows PC operating systems, according to Panda.

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The other two are still very mild.

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MYWIFE.A and SNAPPER are both rated as a "low" threat by McAfee. MYWIFE.A is somewhat identical to the "MyLife" virus and spreads via e-mail attachments. SNAPPER spreads by e-mailing what appears to be blank messages but are really intended to exploit a weakness in Microsoft operating systems. Its purpose is "downloading other remote scripts that drop and run the worm on the victim's machine," McAfee Avert team said in a statement.

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Source (Hey HT, did I spell it right this time.... :D )

Thanks for that info. I didn't hear about this on until now.


--PuRe