New Worm Spreading Fast "Gokar"

[BigDadday]

New Worm Spreading Fast
Security experts are warning that a new self-propagating worm called "W32.Gokar.A@mm" or Gokar is spreading fast enough to threaten to overwhelm corporate email systems.
The worm spreads via email and mIRC, and can come with a variety of subject lines and messages.
Although the worm doesn't damage infected computers, it has been given a severity level of "moderate" because of its potential to swamp email servers. So far, it does not seem to have done so, however, and has spread much less quickly than Goner.
Source: news.cnet.com

 

[fury]

This is another case of "If you're stupid enough to open it, you deserve it"

It only spreads itself via email if you actually open the email, and it only spreads itself via mIRC if you accept and run the file when it is DCC'd to you.

 

[Winky]

When executed, the worm does the following:
It creates a email with the following characteristics:
Subject: The subject is one of the following:
* denotes my personal favorites, this guy has a sense of humor:

*If I were God and didn't belive in myself would it be blasphemy
*The A-Team VS KnightRider ... who would win ?
Just one kiss, will make it better. just one kiss, and we will be alright.
I can't help this longing, comfort me.
And I miss you most of all, my darling ...
When autumn leaves start to fall
*It's dark in here, you can feel it all around. The underground.
I will always be with you sometimes black sometimes white
and there's no need to be scared, you re always on my mind.
You just take a giant step, one step higher.
The air will hold you if you try, trust my wings of desire. Glory, Glorified