Bird Flu Migrates to the PC
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Hackers are capitalizing on the fear people have over the bird flu. By disguising themselves as useful e-mail messages, they lure computer users into downloading documents containing important information about the bird flu.
With subject lines that read “What is avian influenza (bird flu)?” or “Outbreak in North America”, the e-mails are hard to ignore. Once the document is download, the virus infects the computer in a couple of ways.
First, it creates files and deletes others. Second, it installs an application that opens the door for hackers to come in and take control.
There is a silver-lining to all this. It needs help to get around. Unlike other computer viruses, this one relies on someone sending it to other people, or lies in waiting in a file to be downloaded from a server. The result is that it’s a slow mover. Probably made in the image of its creator: slow and waiting for others to give him a ride. 
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It amazes me why people spend time programming things to cause people misery. Pick up a book and read for crying out loud if you’re looking for something to do.
Thanks for the info.