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Beware Plumbers Bearing Gifts:
From: "Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:22:49 -0400
Not Mario!! Is nothing Sacred to these VX'ers? via el reg: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/30/mario_worm/ Infected emails doing the rounds on the net on Monday promise the chance to run one of the classic Super Mario Bros games by clicking on an attachment. The infected emails actually harbour the Romario-A worm , which in addition to launching a game starring the linguine-loving Italian plumber, also attempt to infect other unprotected computers by mass-mailing copies of itself. The worm is also capable of spreading via removable shared drives. Thus far the worm hasn't spread particularly widely. The malware is noteworthy chiefly because it plays on Nintendo's resurgence in the games market (with the Wii console) and the appeal of retro gaming. --------------------------------- -JP _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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