'Storm' Trojan Hits 1.6 Million PCs; Vista May Be Vulnerable
The goal of the Trojan seems to be to acquire a large botnet, or collection of compromised PCs, that can be used to send traditional scam spams or for later identity mining..
The Trojan horse that began spreading Friday has attacked at least 1.6 million PCs, said a security company.
In addition, it appears that Windows Vista, the new operating system Microsoft will launch next week, is vulnerable to the attack.
Originally dubbed the "Storm worm" because one of the subject heads used by its e-mail touted Europe's recent severe weather, the Trojan's author is now spreading it using subjects such as "Love birds" and "Touched by Love," said Finnish anti-virus vendor F-Secure.
