Worm warning: Don't open Goner

AV vendors have warned UK businesses this afternoon to watch out for the Goner/Gone worm.

The worm is a piece of mass mailer malware which spreads itself by using MS Outlook.

Once the attachment is opened, it shows a dialog box with greetings and animation as well as a fake error message.

The worm then connects itself to the address book and mass-mails itself to all recipients.

It arrives with the subject heading 'Hi' and features the following body text:

"How are you ? When I saw this screen saver, I immediately thought about you I am in a harry, I promise you will love it!"

AV vendors trend Micro and F-Secure have issued a high-risk alert due to many copies of the virus detected in the wild.