No laughing matter or Curiosity killed the cat
Friday October 12, 2007 at 2:49 am CST
Posted by Dmitry Gryaznov
Nuwar (aka Storm Worm) changed tactics yet again. Now it attempts to lure its victims by a promise of a good laugh at a “Psycho cat”:
If you do click on the URL you get a page loaded with the usual cocktail of exploits etc.:
So, if you’re not running an on-access antivirus you are in trouble. The page itself pretends to be a funny greeting, complete with a ShockWave clip of a laughing kitty with an appropriate and rather infectious (pun intended) laughter audio.
And, of course, pretty much wherever you click on the page, you get nothing but Nuwar.

October 13th, 2007 at 12:55 am
The bait page is a rip-off of a legitimate e-card from
http://www.superlaugh.com/1/catnip.htm