A new e-mail worm has surfaced that purports to show screensavers of US spy satellite pictures of Iraq or animations that are either patriotic or that mock President Bush, a computer security company warned on Thursday.
The worm, dubbed Ganda-A, spreads by sending itself to e-mail addresses on an infected machine and tries to disable anti-virus and other security software and infect certain files on the hard disk, according to Sophos.
Ganda, which does not appear to be spreading and is rated low risk, sends e-mail in English or Swedish. It is signed by "Uncle Roger in Hornsand, Sweden," who complains in a message about being discriminated against in the Swedish school system, Sophos said.
Subject lines include: "Spy pics", "GO USA!!!!", "G.W Bush animation" and others like "Catlover" and "Disgusting propaganda".
Ganda also sends a message in Swedish to e-mail addresses apparently belonging to Swedish journalists, Sophos said.
After the 11 September attacks, a worm circulated that tricked computer users by pretending to contain images of the World Trade Centre attack.
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