Online payment system target for new virus
26 January 2004
Spreading rapidly through users' emails, a new worm is targeting online payment services.
Known as Dumaru-Y, the virus installs a keystroke logger and backdoor on infected computers and is currently specifically targeting user information for an online payment service called e-gold.com
According to Symantec's Security Response Centre, the virus is spread via a .zip compressed file entitled 'myphoto.jpg.exe' and was first detected on Sunday in America.
In a statement, the centre explained: 'The worm may harvest passwords for a variety of applications, however it does specifically target those for www.e-gold.com.
'For any webform on this site, the worm will begin logging all keystrokes. This appears to be an attempt by the author of this worm to steal e-gold accounts.'
The worm can affect Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, NT, XP, 98, 95 and ME, and infected messages come with the subject 'Important information for you. Read it immediately!' with a message saying ''Hi! Here is my photo, that you asked for yesterday.'
If the zip file is opened, the worm can scan users' PCs for any email addresses and can mail itself on using its own SMTP engine.
Administrators are being advised to block all .zip files, this is not the first time online payment services have been targeted and experts are now warning that virus writers are increasingly looking to make a profit from their designs.
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