Symantec is reporting a confirmed mass mailing worm being spread by fake Twitter invite emails.  The fake emails appear to come from a Twitter account inviting you to join, but unlike real Twitter invites, the fake ones do not include a legitimate invitation URL in the body.  Instead, the user will see an attachment in the form of a .zip called “Invitation.zip”.  Contained in this file is the W32.Ackantta.B@mm worm which gathers email addresses and infects the computer, removable drives, and shared folders.

The fake emails are reportedly coming from invitations@twitter.com with the subject line, “Your friend invited you to Twitter!”.  If you receive one of these emails, delete it immediately.

Here is an example of what the emails look like:

twitter-invite-email

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