New versions of Lovegate worm wreak havoc

Anti-virus firms have warned of new variations of a Lovegate worm which wreaked havoc on the internet this week, using infection tactics including spreading through network shares and using the year-old vulnerability in Windows exploited to great effect by MSBlast.

Lovegate, dating back to early 2003, is a mass-mailing worm that also spreads through open network shares. Once a system is infected, a remote attacker can access it. The email will have a variable subject and a file attachment with a .exe, .pif, .scr, .com, .rar, or .zip file extension.The worm also infects other Windows executable (.exe) files, say security firms F-Secure and Symantec.

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