Viruses have become celebrities

According to PandaLabs, the name of George W. Bush, President of the United States, occurs most frequently in the Internet. Such worms, as MSNDiablo. A Nuwar. A and Wapplex. C, distributed by e-mail and Internet paging, offering users watch cartoons or video presentations by President Bush.

Some viruses use a seductive lure. Worm Piggy. A, for example, distributed messages offering photos of celebrities such as Carmen Electra or Britney Spears, but a backdoor Haxdoor-horses. PL offers pictures of naked Angelina Jolie and Nicole Kidman. Another worm, Mops. A fraud user names Peris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie.

In addition to the foregoing, the arena went fictitious names and characters. Most other uses the name Harry Potter has become enticements for such worms as Hairy. A and Harrenix. A.

"This technology is typically used in social engineering. User persuaded to open a tempting file containing malicious software, or click on the link leading to the infected file, just in this case as enticements used pictures of celebrities ", explains Luis Corrons, director of PandaLabs technical, because users should be very wary of apparently tempting files sent by e-mail or through an Internet paging, and delete these messages without even looking at them, and, moreover, do not go to the links, "advises Corrons.