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 Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 3:49 am Post subject: Nyxem Worm Programmed to Erase Files |
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Nyxem Worm Programmed to Erase Files
Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service
Mon Jan 23, 12:00 PM ET
Antivirus vendors are warning of a rapidly-spreading worm that is carrying a potentially destructive set of instructions. The Nyxem worm--also nicknamed the Kama Sutra worm--is programmed to overwrite all of the files on computers it infects on February 3, says Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at F-Secure.
F-Secure researchers found the worm truncates files to 20 bytes and causes an error message when one is opened, he says.
"We are expecting to see problems in two weeks' time," Hypponen says.
The worm appears to be programmed to overwrite all files on the third day of every month, Hypponen says.
So far, there's no indication where Nyxem originated.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20060123/tc_pcworld/124449;_ylt=As.mohS.c3WPxXt1sawL.qgDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl |
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