Legal Bagle
03-09-2006
We have “Legal Beagles” and “Legal Eagles” to which we can now add “Legal Bagles.”
No not the kind that’s rather tasty sliced and toasted (that’s bagel) but a new variant of the Internet worm that just won’t die. Or at least go away.
Round about last Friday (March 3, 2006) a new variant of the bagle worm was being captured by security labs and seen by potential victims that threatens legal action against the recipient.
Some of the common subject lines are:
Pay your debts before we come to you
Call to your lawer immidiately
Lawsuit against you
We wait your response
As usual the bad grammar and spelling should be a tip-off as to the less than upright intentions and validity of the message.
The object of course is to get the alarmed recipient to throw aside a normal degree of careful judgment (thou shalt not open attachments from unknown sources) and react to the message. That reaction will hopefully, from the worm writer’s viewpoint, include a quick double-click on the attachment. Doing so will not surprisingly infect the computer with this latest variation of the bagle worm variously named by respective parties as:
Email-Worm.Win32.Bagle.fr (Kaspersky)
W32.Beagle.DX@mm (Symantec)
W32/Bagle.dy@MM (McAfee)
W32/Bagle-DO (Sophos)
Win32.Bagle.FM@mm (BitDefender)
Win32/Bagle.AN (CA)
Worm/Bagle.FS (Avira)
WORM_BAGLE.DQ (Trend Micro)
As always keep your anti-virus software up to date and avoid opening attachments until certain of their origin.
SIDE NOTE:
If you have an attachment that you believe is legitimate one small tip that helps prevent mishaps is to always first SAVE the attachment to the hard drive (In Outlook use File -> Save Attachments) before opening. Doing so typically causes the real time anti virus scanning engine in your anti virus software to give the file a once over for nasties. Not all anti virus packages scan email or have that option turned on so the save to disk procedure gives an extra edge of protection.
Related Links & Reading
Posted by admin on 03-09-2006 at 01:03 am
Posted in PC Security
No comments yet.
Leave a comment
Please log in or