How to determine if I have the Storm Worm?
How to determine if my email is infected with the Storm Worm? 

The Storm Worm ( a botnet of infected computers that feeds off unprotected users to strengthen its network ) may arrive in an email with one of the common subject lines listed below: ( see below that for a list of attachment filenames to avoid )

Original Source: Snopes.com

Email Subject Lines:

ATTN!
Spyware Alert!
Spyware Detected!
Trojan Alert!
Trojan Detected!
Virus Activity Detected!
Virus Alert!
Virus Detected!
Warning!
Worm Activity Detected!
230 dead as storm batters Europe.
A killer at 11, he’s free at 21 and…
British Muslims Genocide
Naked teens attack home director.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has kicked German Chancellor Angela Merkel
Russian missle shot down Chinese satellite
Russian missle shot down USA aircraft
Russian missle shot down USA satellite
Chinese missile shot down USA aircraft
Chinese missile shot down USA satellite
Sadam Hussein alive!
Sadam Hussein safe and sound!
Radical Muslim drinking enemies’ blood.
U.S. Southwest braces for another winter blast. More then 1000 people are dead.
Venezuelan leader: “Let’s the War beginning”.
Hugo Chavez dead.
President of Russia Putin dead.
Third World War just have started!.
The Supreme Court has been attacked by terrorists. Sen. Mark Dayton dead!.
The commander of a U.S. nuclear submarine lunch the rocket by mistake..
First Nuclear Act of Terrorism!.
So in Love
Happy World Religion Day!
Most Beautiful Girl
Someone at Last
I Believe
The Dance of Love
The Miracle of Love
All For You
Vacation Love
I am Complete
Wrapped Up
Moonlit Waterfall
A Little (sex) Card
A Special Kiss
Hugging My Pillow
Safe and Sound
You’re Soo kissable
A Romantic Place
Breakfast in Bed Coupon
For You
I Love You So
Want to Meet?
We Are Different
We Have Walked
You Asked Me Why

The attachment filename may be any of the following:

Full Clip.exe
Full Story.exe
Read More.exe
Video.exe
Full Video.exe
Full Text.exe
Flash Postcard.exe

Nugache is a worm that has actually been around longer than Storm.  The Storm Worm is one of the worst botnets on the net but Nugache could take its place.  Researchers report that Nugache has been revised and updated to make it more powerful…perhaps even more powerful than Storm.

Both Nugache and Storm are botnets.  That means they are made up of networks of infected computers that work together to distribute spam to millions of users.  These networks are then bought by spammers to distribute spam email like mortgage offers, performance enhancing drugs, pump-and-dump stocks and ecards. 

The problem is these networks could just as easily mail out a keylogger program that would record items like your login to your bank or credit card number entered in at an ecommerce site.  The keylogger program would then send that back to the botnet creator to be sold.

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