A virus writer has sought to capitalise on the high winds which
swept across Europe yesterday leaving over 40 people dead.
The Trojan arrives in emails with the header '230 dead as storm
batters Europe' and contain a file labelled 'Full Clip.exe', 'Full
Story.exe', 'Read More.exe' or 'Video.exe'.
It contains the Small.DAM Trojan which copies itself to the
registry file and waits to be activated by the controller.
"Trojan assaults of this scale are an unfortunate and increasingly
common event," said Mikko Hyppönen, chief research officer at
F-Secure.
"What is significant here is the timely nature of the assault in
relation to the European storm. Malware gangs are clearly using
every technique and even tragedies like these to gain access to
vulnerable machines."
F-Secure has described the spread of the virus as "significant" and
is urging computer to update their virus signature files and be on
their guard.