Helsinki (Finland): A Finnish computer security firm warned of an 'e-mail worm' called Luder-A or Tibs.jy that is spread with a New Year greeting on Sunday.
The worm has been sent as an attachment named ‘postcard.exe’ (or similar) in e-mail messages with the subject line "Happy New Year!" (or similar), the company F-Secure said.
If a user opens the attached file, it tries to find e-mail addresses that it sends copies of itself to.
The worm also tries to shut down the computer's safety programmes, the company said.
The Finnish-based company listed the Luder virus-worm as level-two on its three-scale list, saying Luder was a moderate danger to computer systems.
F-Secure defines worms as "a computer program that replicates independently by sending itself to other systems."
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