Taking the Internet by Storm

cnet Security Center Weekly reminds us of the danger of email viruses (had you forgotten?) Robert Vamosi writes:
"A month ago I would have said the chances of a major e-mail worm outbreak were slim, but now the Storm worm is active again. Within the last week, the Storm worm has reinvented itself, not once but twice, making life difficult for e-mail administrators and antivirus vendors alike. The latest variant, released on Thursday, April 12, 2007, uses an image file to evade spam filters and unlock the encrypted ZIP file attachment which installs a rootkit. Indeed, within this single Storm worm, you'll find a crafty intersection of the classic e-mail worm, spam outbreaks, and denial-of-service attacks combined with new-fangled botnets, identity thefts, and online gang warfare. You would think that in 2007, we'd be beyond e-mail worms, that by now most people would know better than to open a password-protected ZIP file attachment from someone they may not know. Perhaps most people are simply out of practice, and the criminals behind Storm worm know that." Read more