Virus/Worm Warning

A new virus/worm is now in the wild and circulating via email, causing at least 3 security vendors to update their detection definitions and/or issue an alert.

Since the malware uses its' own Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) engine, the user may not even realize they have been infected.

As usual there is not a common name so here is the breakdown as of this time:

TrendMicro: WORM_STRATION.WO

McAfee: W32/Stration@MM

PandaLabs: Spamta.CY

Even though the threat level of this worm is rated "low" by all three vendors, they have seen fit to update their AV signatures. If your AV software does not or has not been updated automatically, since the Damage and distribution potential is rated "high", you are urged to update manually ASAP.