A worm — known as Bagle — is spreading primarily among Asian and Pacific Rim computers. It does not disguise itself as porn, pictures from friends or funny jokes, yet its simplicity has already duped many users into running the attached executable and perpetuating its existence. Arriving with the subject line “Hi” and body text of “Test, yep,” the malicious code is one of the most basic, tried-and-true forms of mass-mailing malware: a randomly named, executable e-mail attachment infected with a self-replicating virus.
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Bagle Worm Spreads Using Traditional Tactics
Posted by: Jay Lyman January 19, 2004 10:12 AMA worm — known as Bagle — is spreading primarily among Asian and Pacific Rim computers. It does not disguise itself as porn, pictures from friends or funny jokes, yet its simplicity has already duped many users into running the attached executable and perpetuating its existence. Arriving with the subject line “Hi” and body text of “Test, yep,” the malicious code is one of the most basic, tried-and-true forms of mass-mailing malware: a randomly named, executable e-mail attachment infected with a self-replicating virus.