Central Command, a leading provider of PC anti-virus software and computer security services today announced the discovery of a new Internet worm that pretends to be an e-mail message from Microsoft Corporation's technical support department.
The new worm named Win32.Invalid.A@mm carries a destructive payload that can render executable (.exe) applications unusable by encrypting them with a random encryption key. This mass-mailing worm first verifies that an Internet connection is available and if a connection is established it searches for all files starting with the extension ".ht*'' in the My Documents folder.
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The new worm named Win32.Invalid.A@mm carries a destructive payload that can render executable (.exe) applications unusable by encrypting them with a random encryption key. This mass-mailing worm first verifies that an Internet connection is available and if a connection is established it searches for all files starting with the extension ".ht*'' in the My Documents folder.
For the full story head over to Yahoo.
