Global network endangered by “Happy New year” virus

Verisign Company is warning of a new e-mail worm arriving in inboxes with the subject "Happy New Year!", which attacks computers from all over the world, foreign press informs, cited by Info-Prim Neo. The message, currently being spread from 160 e-mail domains, requires users to click on the attached "postcard.exe" file in order to cause damage. The file will install several different malicious code variants including Tibs, Nwar, Banwarum and Glowa on the computer. It then executes mass mailings from the infected computer. The worm is already being heavily spammed, VeriSign said. The security company has found one network that is sending out five e-mails per second with the worm.