Friday, December 08, 2006

Britney No Match for Kournikova

Britney No Match for Kournikova: "Poor Britney. It seems there's not much interest among users for viewing pictures of her. Antivirus vendors have rated this virus a low risk, unlike the heavy hitting Anna Kournikova virus (aka VBSWG and VBS.SST) which infected thousands of users within hours of discovery. That virus also masqueraded as pictures and during its initial spread, infected more rapdily than had the LoveLetter virus which was one of the most widespread threats to affect users.

The hapless Britney virus spreads via email, typically as Britney.chm. The email has the subject line 'Re: Britney Pics' and message text that reads 'Take a look at these pics ...'"

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