Conficker Spreads as Waledec Delivers Mal-entine

Don’t be duped by this fake Valentine's Day message, you and I both know that no one sent us a Valentine. Hey wait a minute, that probably means most of us should be safe. Still, it probably wouldn’t hurt to spread the word to our less than savvy friends, relatives and people that might actually get a Valentine from someone.

The e-mail contains a link to a page with images of about a dozen hearts on it and asks "Guess which one is for you?" Once an image is clicked on the visitor is prompted to download an executable file which can install malicious code, according to a an advisory issued on Thursday by the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team. The worm spreads by spamming e-mail addresses on the infected machine.

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