The first of the seasons 9/11 anniversary worms has been detected by security firms this week, and more are likely to follow.
The worm, dubbed W32/Neroma@MM and Worm/Icebut.A by security vendors, typically shows Nice butt, baby! in the e-mail messages body, displays the subject heading Its Near 911!, and disguises its payload as an attachment with the .jpg extension. Although the extension may fool some people into thinking its a digital image--and launching the file--its actually an executable that installs on the infected machine.
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