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New worm poses as iTunes

WORM WRITERS ARE piggy-backing on the success of Apple’s iTunes digital juke box according to an anti-virus software firm.

Trend Micro says that a worm, WORM_OPANKI.Y, spreading though the AOL instant messaging program is using the name iTunes to trick users into keeping its poisoned payload on their machines. The big idea is that people who suspect they have loaded spyware will look on windows task manager, see that iTunes is running, and assume that all is well in the state of Denmark.

It uses an infected PC’s contacts list to send out a message saying "this picture never gets old." Each message has a link to what appears to be a .JPG. If you are daft enough to click on it, a file called iTunes.exe will be downloaded.

It also keeps track of sites visited by the user. A third bit of the program monitors sites visited using Internet Explorer and sends logs to create a user profile that triggers pop-up ads based on the user's surfing habits.

Resource: TheInquirer

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