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New worm hides as Windows folder icons and copies itself to USB drives

Analysis
Aug 12, 20071 min
Data and Information SecuritySecurity

Interesting new worm, which hides itself as a Windows folder icon and copy itself to USB drives. When the user clicks on what they think is a folder icon, it runs the executable instead. Read more about it here....

Interesting new worm, which hides itself as a Windows folder icon and copy itself to USB drives. When the user clicks on what they think is a folder icon, it runs the executable instead.

Read more about it here.

roger_grimes
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Roger A. Grimes is a contributing editor. Roger holds more than 40 computer certifications and has authored ten books on computer security. He has been fighting malware and malicious hackers since 1987, beginning with disassembling early DOS viruses. He specializes in protecting host computers from hackers and malware, and consults to companies from the Fortune 100 to small businesses. A frequent industry speaker and educator, Roger currently works for KnowBe4 as the Data-Driven Defense Evangelist and is the author of Cryptography Apocalypse.

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