Malware writers are out to cash in on the Independence
Day celebrations of United States. A new email in circulation
poses itself as a July Four greeting card sent by a
friend of yours, only to infect your computer with a
Trojan that can make the PC dependent on the author
of the malware.
The subject lines of the bait mail are varied and
are picked randomly from an embedded list. Celebrate
Your Independence, Fourth of July Party, God Bless
America and Happy B-Day USA are some of them.
Once a victim clicks on the link inside the email
to view the purported greeting card, she is taken
to a bot computer hosting a Trojan Downloader named
‘JS.Agent.kd’. This malware then tries to
bring in more harmful code from the Internet, which
can open a backdoor in the compromised computer. For
its spreading routine, the Trojan Downloader harvests
email addresses from the victim’s computer and
sends the malicious mail to all contacts found.
“Malware writers are quite smart in exploiting
the flavor of the season,” says Rohini Sonawane,
Chief Operating Officer of MicroWorld Technologies.
“Be it New Year celebrations, Valentine’s
Day or now the Independence Day, marketing strategists
of the corporate world have got a lesson or two to
learn from these cyber criminals!”
“It’s quite common among computer users
to send seasonal e-greetings to their friends and
relatives and that makes some of them act without
thinking twice when they get such bait mails. Many
of the recent Virus attacks were even smarter as they
exploited the Breaking News stories from around the
world in order to lure potential victims. In here,
the Virus writer knows that the shock and surprise
of the mail recipient will push his common sense to
back seat,” Rohini Sonawane points out.
To guard against masqueraded threats like these,
one's best bet would be to rely on an Intelligent
and fast updating Antivirus software that catches
Viruses and Worms at the Socket Level, the entry point
through which an external file comes into a computer.
eScan from MicroWorld Technologies scans incoming
data for Viruses and other harmful programs right
at the Winsock layer, using its unique MWL technology.
Computer users unwittingly fallen prey to the ‘JS.Agent.kd’
attack could scan and clean their PCs by downloading
the fully functional free trial version of eScan at
MicroWorld's website www.mwti.net.
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MicroWorld
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MicroWorld Technologies
( www.mwti.net)
is the developer of the world's most advanced
AntiVirus, Content Security and Firewall software
eScan,
MailScan,
and eConceal.
MicroWorld
Winsock Layer (MWL) is the revolutionary
technology that powers most of MicroWorld products
enabling them to achieve several certifications
and awards by some of the most prestigious testing
bodies, notable among them being Virus Bulletin,
Checkmark, TUCOWS, Red Hat Ready and Novell
Ready.
To learn more, kindly visit http://www.mwti.net.
From MicroWorld
Email: response@mwti.net
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