Valentine 'revived' Storm Worm

14/2 Valentine Valentine's Day has become an excuse for the dangerous computer worm Storm Worm has rebounded strongly in a new spam attack campaign that threatens Internet users.

Attach malicious emails in this spam attack campaign, a fake link to a website that lets you download a Valentine greeting card. But the fact is that the Storm worm download link.

Greg Day, McAfee's security analyst, said the Storm's goal is to steal personal information, disable security barriers on users' PCs, and make it a tool for hackers. distribute spam.

' According to our statistics, currently around 10 million PCs worldwide have been infected with the Storm worm. Previously the email rate containing the worm Worm in the total amount of spam sent globally was only 0% but in a short time soared to 1.5%. This number continues to increase sharply . '

Diego d'Ambra - SoftScan e-mail security expert - Storm worm continues to tap into people's interest in Valentine's Day e-cards for distribution. That's why the number of people infected with Storm has increased dramatically these days.