a virus alert has been issued for the 3rd Feb 2006.
virus Name: Nyxem-E (As well as several others)
google it for more info.
it is due to launch today and is spread via an email attachment.
be wary of opening anything from strangers or emails you are not familiar with.
below is a list of likely message subjects (I have replaced certain words and letters with the number 8, you can figure it out!)
Hot Movie
A Great Video
Arab 888DSC-00465.jpg
eBook.pdf
Fu888 Kama Sutra pics
Fw:
Fw: DSC-00465.jpg
Fw: Funny
Fw: Picturs
Fw: Real show
Fw: Se8.mpg
Fw: S88y
Fwd: Crazy illegal S88!
Fwd: image.jpg
Fwd: Photo
give me a kiss
Miss Lebanon 2006
My photos
Part 1 of 6 Video clipe
Photos
Re:
Re: S88 Video
School girl f88888 gone bad
The Best Videoclip Ever
You Must View This Videoclipe!
below are some likely file names the infected attachment will have:
007.pif* 04.pif
3.92315089702606E02.UUE
677.pif
Attachments[001].B64
document.pif
DSC-00465.Pif
DSC-00465.pIf
eBook.PIF
eBook.Uu
image04.pif
New_Document_file.pif
Original Message.B64
photo.pif
School.pif
WinZip.BHX
Word_Document.hqx
Word_Document.uu
( not the sort of attachments nice people would be interested in )
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if infected the worm will disable anti-virus software.
it will also block the mouse and the keyboard.
be safe…