Outbreak Alert: Zipped Trojan Spam Attack

[Victoria]

I received this e-mail from Symantec because I have Norton Systemworks on my computer. Thought it would be helpful for all PC users...

Symantec Security Alert...www.symantec.com

As of April 12, 2007, Symantec Security Response is monitoring a massive surge of email spam containing the threat Trojan.Peacomm (also known as the Storm Trojan). This spam campaign is one of the largest identified in recent months. This threat was originally discovered in January 2007 but has been repackaged in this particular spam surge.

PC World article explaining more about the virus...
www.pcworld.com/article/id,130686-page,1/article.html

[Victoria]

To reduce the possibility of being affected by the latest version of Trojan.Peacomm, Symantec Security Response advises users to do the following:

Keep antivirus signatures and antispam updated.

Never click on attachments or web links from unsolicited emails.

Regularly apply security patches and updates to all major software installed on the computer.

Use a security solution that contains antivirus and client firewall technologies.