coasterdude5 Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 Alot of people must read through their spam!! http://news.com.com/Kama+Sutra+worm+seduces+PC+users/2100-7349_3-6030129.html A new e-mail worm that spreads under the guise of pornographic content has jumped to the top of the worldwide virus charts. When run on a Windows PC, the worm copies itself to shared network locations and sends itself to e-mail addresses found on the target computer. The pest includes a timed attack that attempts to disable antivirus and firewall software and delete certain files, including Office documents, on the third day of the month, according to antivirus software vendor F-Secure. The worm, dubbed W32/Nyxem-E by F-Secure, arrives attached to an e-mail message. It uses a variety of subject lines, including "School girl fantasies gone bad." The body text also varies, but it can include references to the Kama Sutra, the ancient Sanskrit book with pictures and explanations about different sexual positions. The worm executes when the user opens the attachment. "This worm feeds on people's willingness to receive salacious content on their desktop computer," Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for antivirus vendor Sophos, said in a statement. "Our internal reporting system shows a steady stream of Nyxems being reported from all over the world, from USA to Australia," F-Secure said in a statement on its corporate blog. "If the worm keeps this pace, Friday the 3rd of February might be nasty--that's when the destructive payload is programmed to strike for the first time." To protect themselves, users should keep their antivirus software up to date and be wary when opening e-mail attachments, experts said.
Wes Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 WAIT!!! You're not supposed to open suspicious attachments???? How am I going to see the hotteenvid.avi Bill Gates just sent me?
booger Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 Isin't that a song too? KamaSutra. With that Chick and Pitbull?
Teddymonster Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 Hasn't this kind of bug been around for ages? Old news, bud.
FlyingScooter Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 LOL, my girlfriend will probibly mess up another system. She opens email that read: Hi, I'm a virus! I will screw you up! she's like: Ha, I'm a nurse. I see virus's every day.... common sense--------- -------------my girlfriend. Two roads that do not intersect....
coasterdude5 Posted February 1, 2006 Author Posted February 1, 2006 Hasn't this kind of bug been around for ages? Old news, bud. Might've been, but it's just now getting alot of attention I guess.
SharkTums Posted February 3, 2006 Posted February 3, 2006 It's getting a lot of attention because idiots who don't realize it's on their computer will have all of their files wiped out tomorrow. (it works on the 3rd of every month)
coasterdude5 Posted February 3, 2006 Author Posted February 3, 2006 Everything's working good for me!
cfc Posted February 4, 2006 Posted February 4, 2006 Hmm--my computer was releasing contented sighs yesterday and asking for a cigarette. And my screen saver now repeats "Congress of the Cow" over and over . . .
FlyingScooter Posted February 7, 2006 Posted February 7, 2006 ^LMAO! I hate when my 'puter does that.
kk_slider11290 Posted February 8, 2006 Posted February 8, 2006 ...and its times like these I adore my Mac<3 but of course their not the impenetrable fortress of security mac fanatics make them seem to be.
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