London Bomb/virus exploit

A quick heads up people. I have just received the following e-mail from my AV suppliers.

VIRUS EXPLOITS LONDON TERROR, POSES AS CNN NEWSLETTER
West Palm Beach, FL July 8, 2005

A mass-mailer virus (technically a “worm”) is circulating the globe
today in an e-mail which carries a fake “CNN Newsletter” return address
and an eye catching subject line: “TERROR HITS LONDON”

The e-mail content is HTML-text that uses and points to several real
links on CNN which report about the disastrous events, including several
links to movies and radio stations on the Internet. The virus, called
W32/Virtool.DH, is embedded in an attachment to the e-mail. The
attachment is named: “LondonTerrorMovie.zip” If it runs on a PC, this
worm will enable it to become a launchpad for the mass-mailing of
unwanted e-mails.

As always, follow the most basic online rules to stay safe:

* do not open unsolicited attachments
* keep your antivirus software up-to-date

The Authentium Virus Lab has issued Virus definition update files for
protection against W32/Virtool.DH as well as over 150,000 other viruses
and Trojans. Users of Command Antivirus may download them at: