Storm Worm Returns – With Love

Just when people thought the Storm worm had hopefully vanished for good, it's back — and with a new idea involving love in order to make people open it up.

The people behind the resurgence of the Storm worm are hoping you can feel the lurve. Yes, after some time away, the Storm worm, which first surfaced in January 2007, is back, according to security group the Sans Institute.

They say researcher DavidF has detected spam containing links to the Storm worm site. The mail entices people by the header “Crazy in love with you” and contains the message “Who is loving you? Do you want to know? Just click here and choose either ‘open’ or ‘run’.” The site wants users to click on “loveyou.exe,” which installs the Storm worm.

It’s a similar tactic to the one used around Valentine’s day in an attempt to spread the worm, but since then attacks have largely dropped off.