Peaches Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Instant Messaging Worm Can Speak Many Languages The code of the worm, which is detected as W32.Yimfoca.B, contains a routine that checks for the location of the user and sends spam in the appropriate language. If the location scan result is not on a hardcoded list of 44 countries, the malware falls back to English messages, which can read “seen this? [link]” or “this is the funniest photo ever! [link].”In addition to spreading by spam through Google Talk, ICQ, MSN Messenger, Paltalk, Skype, Xfire or Yahoo! Messenger, the worm also infects removable USB drives inserted into the computer. “ When W32.Yimfoca.B infects these drives, it hides existing folders found on the removable drive, setting their attributes to ‘system’ and ‘hidden’, and replacing them with a shortcut link to a copy of the worm,” Symantec’s Stephen Doherty notes.<br style=""> Read more here: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Instant-Messaging-Worm-Can-Speak-Many-Languages-171452.shtml Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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