Beware of e-mails with the subject line “Happy New Year!” VeriSign is warning that the message may appear to come from a well-wisher but actually contains a worm that could infect computers and use them for malicious purposes. The Happy New Year worm is being heavily spammed at a rate of five e-mails per second on at least one large network, VeriSign iDefense revealed Thursday. Multiple large networks reported interceptions of the new e-mail threat on Dec. 28, 2006.
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‘Happy New Year’ Worm Spawns Computer Zombies
Posted by: Jennifer LeClaire December 29, 2006 08:58 AMBeware of e-mails with the subject line “Happy New Year!” VeriSign is warning that the message may appear to come from a well-wisher but actually contains a worm that could infect computers and use them for malicious purposes. The Happy New Year worm is being heavily spammed at a rate of five e-mails per second on at least one large network, VeriSign iDefense revealed Thursday. Multiple large networks reported interceptions of the new e-mail threat on Dec. 28, 2006.