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FBI Warns of Storm Worm Virus (Update)

July 31, 2008 by TXPoet  
Filed under Action Alerts!, Web 2.0

Update, courtesy of FHK Reader, Thanos, of Noblesse Oblige: One of the vehicles of the storm worm is a new email regarding the FBI gaining access to Facebook accounts, titled “FBI vs Facebook” See this article at F-Secure.

If you don’t have an up to date anti-virus program GET ONE. The FBI is warning about the increase in the "Storm Virus". This is a variant of the  same virus that spread last year. It can carry several different malicious programs and it can infect all windows operating systems.

Everyone should consider the following:

  • Do not respond to unsolicited (spam) e-mail.
  • Be skeptical of individuals representing themselves as officials soliciting personal information via e-mail.
  • Do not click on links contained within an unsolicited e-mail.
  • Be cautious of e-mail claiming to contain pictures in attached files, as the files may contain viruses. Only open attachments from known senders.
  • Validate the legitimacy of the organization by directly accessing the organization’s web site rather than following an alleged link to the site.
  • Do not provide personal or financial information to anyone who solicits information.

To thoroughly check your computer against malware, spyware and vulnerabilities you can take advantage of either the online and free scans offered by Trend-Micro or Panda .

Remember most emails that are either phishing or designed to spread viruses or Trojan horses are socially engineered to get you to click and designed to avoid your email’s anti-virus so Click at Your Own Peril.

 

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  1. Thanos on July 31st, 2008 1:57 pm

    Hello, you might want to update this post. One of the vehicles of the storm worm is a new email regarding the FBI gaining access to Facebook accounts, titled “FBI vs Facebook” See this article at F-Secure:

    http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001475.html

  2. TXPoet on July 31st, 2008 4:05 pm

    The post is now updated even though the facebook connection is mentioned in the FBI article reference, but since that is not the only method of “social engineering” used by the purveyors of this virus I would caution people to be very wary of opening and clicking on any link from a source they do not completely trust.

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