Posted by SecExtra on May 24th, 2010

The Storm Worm is back and while many people think that this worm was nearly wiped out about two years ago, it is in fact back and researchers are looking for the code to combat this troublesome spamming botnet.

The Strom Worm is a new botnet using the original Storm Worm code. Researchers are not sure if the same botnet gang is responsible for the new worm, but it is suspected they may have a part in this. The last storm worm was a P2P infection, but this new worm seems to be HTTP based and this is one of the differences. There are other similarities in this worm and more research needs to be done to confirm more of a link.

The new Storm Worm appears to be a bundle that also includes a Trojan downloader and even fake anti virus software. Fake anti-virus software is something that has become very troubling recently and this is something that people need to be aware of in order to protect their computer.

A spam email campaign is also being launched and it if often disguised with products aimed at male potency, pharmacies, dating, and other forms that many people may use in a moments notice and can have consequences. The user needs to be aware of this in order to combat this worm and prevent their computer from becoming infected. This botnet is sending out pretty normal spam and this is different from last time when the holiday times were targeted.

More: BBC News