New virus designed specifically to attack online banking software

Another virus alert is doing the rounds, but this one comes with a new twist that financial institutions and their customers might find a bit closer to home than usual. The new virus is a variant of the Love Letter and Resume viruses that did the rounds a few months ago. Like many viruses it spreads by using the address book of MicrosoftÆs Outlook, but this one also downloads a piece of password-stealing software that was designed specifically to get information from account holders at Union Bank of Switzerland AG (UBS).