New Worm Exploit Windows Media Player

WORM_VB.ZAA is a new kind of worm that attempts to infect the Windows computers, being executed once the user starts Windows Media Player. According to the security company Trend Micro, the worm affected most versions of the operating system powered by Microsoft, including Windows 98, NT, ME, 2000, XP and Server 2003.

The worm is executed one the user starts Windows Media Player and displays the following message:

The worm modifies a certain registry entry to hide file extension names. It also hides files with System attributes by modifying another registry entry, Trend Micro added.

Moreover Trend Micro informed that WORM_VB.ZAA can be easily downloaded by visiting malicious websites equipped with the worm. In addition, it also can be deployed by another malware that has already been installed on the system.

Source: Trend Micro