Avril Lavigne worm needn't be so complicated- sophos. (Virus Reports).Sophos has received a number reports of a new worm called Avril or Livra (W32/Avril-A) circulating in the wild. The worm, which is a tribute to Canadian skater Avril Lavigne Avril Lavigne Whibley,[1] better known by her birth name of Avril Lavigne (IPA: /æv.ɹʌl lə.vin/), (born September 27 1984) is a Canadian rock/punk-pop singer, musician and actress. , will open Microsoft Explorer on her website, www.avril-lavigne.com on the 7th, 11th and 24th of the month. The worm also takes advantage of a year old vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook For the e-mail and news client bundled with certain versions of Microsoft Windows, see .Microsoft Outlook or Outlook (full name Microsoft Office Outlook , which allows it to forward itself to all email addresses in Outlook regardless of whether the email attachment See e-mail attachment. is opened or not. Amongst the various subject lines the worm'uses is `Fw: Avril Lavigne--the best'. Once the attachment is run, `the worm attempts to disable the users anti-virus software. It also behaves in the 80's film stereotype of viruses, by taking over,the screen with a series of coloured ellipses Ellipses is the plural form of either of two words in the English language:
More information about W32/Avril-A can be found at http://www.sophos.com/virusinfolanalyses/ w32avrila.html |
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