Worm Strikes The Wrong Chord

July 21, 2005
Worm Strikes The Wrong Chord
By Tim Gray

A worm packing a malicious punch is on the loose disguised as a music file making its way through the wild via AOL's Instant Messenger.

The new version of the Opanki worm has been hitting some sour notes with IM users by posing as an iTunes file named iTunes.exe. It is designed to lure the unsuspecting into thinking it is part of the iTunes Music Store, according to security firm Trend Micro.