A new e-mail worm has surfaced that purports to show screensavers of U.S. spy satellite pictures of Iraq or animations that are either patriotic or that mock President Bush, a computer security company warned on Thursday. The worm, dubbed Ganda-A, spreads by sending itself to e-mail addresses on an infected machine and tries to disable anti-virus and other security software and infect certain files on the hard disk, according to Sophos. Ganda, which does not appear to be spreading and is rated low risk, sends e-mail in English or Swedish. It is signed by "Uncle Roger in Hornsand, Sweden," who complains in a message about being discriminated against in the Swedish school system, Sophos said. Subject lines include: "Spy pics," "GO USA!!!!," and "G.W Bush animation." After the Sept. 11 attacks, a worm circulated that tricked computer users by pretending to contain images of the World Trade Center attack. (Agenceis) | 美国著名计算机安全公司SOPHOS20日宣布，一种新的邮件病毒开始以附件形式在网络上出现。该病毒伪装成屏保程序，内容一般是有关美国间谍卫星拍摄的伊拉克图片或是歌颂、讽刺布什总统的动画。 据说，这种病毒名为"Ganda-A"，通过在被感染的计算机上向其他地址发送邮件来传播，并可能使防病毒和其他安全软件失效，进一步攻击计算机硬盘上的有些文件。 SOPHOS公司称，这种病毒还没有大范围蔓延的趋势，而且危害级别不是很高，主要是在英国和瑞典传播，签名一般是"瑞典的罗杰大叔，"信件内容通常是抱怨在瑞典的教育体系中受到歧视等。 而信件的主题一般是"间谍卫星照片"，"到美国去！！！"，"布什动画"等。 在"9·11"恐怖袭击后，还曾出现过一种病毒蠕虫，打着展示世贸大厦遭袭图片的幌子袭击计算机。 （中国日报网站译） |
Updated: 2003-03-28 01:00
