Sixem-A worm and the nude 'World Cup'

Security experts warn users to be more careful before a computer worm takes advantage of the 2006 World Cup sporting event to spread.

With the name Sixem-A, the computer worm has begun to spread online since the beginning of this week. Security companies have quickly prevented this virus. But it is still detected on a large number of computer systems in businesses.

The computer worm is targeted primarily at attacks on English-speaking soccer fans, said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant with Sophos, a security firm.

The virus will send messages titled " Naked World Cup game set " or " Soccer fans killed five teens " and encourage users. Clicking on a fake file is an image sent with an email. In fact, it is a malware that can disable security software and download other malicious software onto the victim's system. At the same time this computer worm will also send copies of it to other addresses stored on the victim's system.

World Cup has become a trend .

Malware has become an integral part of the recent World Cup traditions. In 1998, World Cup-based malware erased the victims' hard drives. Then four years later, the VBSChick-F virus also took advantage of the World Cup for the first time held in Asia - South Korea and Japan - to spread widely.

Cluley experts believe that online scammers will also participate in the next World Cup game. And make sure by spoofing to inform their victims they won a lottery related to the worldwide sporting event in 2010 held in South Africa.

The public's wide attention has given the opportunity to "social enginering" attacks. With attacks like this, users have helped effectively attackers. " Users are too eager to see competitions when they receive fake messages containing Pamela Anderson's videos or Paris Hilton or something like that ."

In this year's World Cup, it can be said that malware has also appeared more than in the past.

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