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Storm Worm Directing Users to Medical Spam Web Sitesadded January 30, 2008 at 03:20 pm | updated January 31, 2008 at 09:01 am US-CERT is aware of a variant of the Storm Worm that sends unsolicited email messages to users and attempts to evade spam filtering. When a user receives this email message, it will contain a link in the format of:http://<IP Address>/<random directory name>The link directs the user to a website containing spam about medical information.US-CERT urges users and administrators to take the following preventative measures to mitigate the security risks: Install anti-virus software, and keep its virus signature files up-to-date. Block executable and unknown file types at the email gateway. Refer to the Recognizing and Avoiding Email Scams document for more information on avoiding email scams. Refer to the Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks document for more information on social engineering attacks.
US-CERT is aware of a variant of the Storm Worm that sends unsolicited email messages to users and attempts to evade spam filtering. When a user receives this email message, it will contain a link in the format of:http://<IP Address>/<random directory name>The link directs the user to a website containing spam about medical information.US-CERT urges users and administrators to take the following preventative measures to mitigate the security risks:
Source: US-CERT Current Activity
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