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According to a report on the BBC, machines infected by a destructive virus known as Nyxem will see Office files such as Word, Powerpoint and Excel plus Acrobat files deleted on February 3rd.The virus will also try to disable anti-virus software to stop it updating and can also disable the mouse and keyboard on infected machines.
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Posted: 2006-01-30 22:25:21
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Whoopee!
Our workshop is going to be full on February 4th
I've got £ signs in my eyes...
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Posted: 2006-01-30 22:30:35
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LOL anyway to prevent this?
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Posted: 2006-01-31 01:14:45
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On 2006-01-31 01:14:45, p900 lover wrote:
LOL anyway to prevent this?
yea, smash you pc up!!!, delete it yourself so the virus dont get the satisfaction........ or just disable your internet connection.
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Posted: 2006-01-31 01:42:32
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On 2006-01-31 01:14:45, p900 lover wrote:
LOL anyway to prevent this?
Just update your anti-virus software and to scan the whole system.
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Posted: 2006-01-31 05:43:22
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Also, this virus only arrives as an email attatchment, emailed link to a website which contains the virus or MSN / Yahoo messenger file transfer. In emails, it uses the rather dated technique of promising free pornography so the golden rule applies: Never open unsolicited attatchments, don't click on email links to free porn and in messenger, don't accept unsolicited file transfers.
This virus has been around for a while now, it releases it's payload on the third of every month (not just February) so as axxxr says, get your antivirus up to date and get scanning now!
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Posted: 2006-01-31 09:56:51
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On 2006-01-31 01:42:32, jagger2k wrote:
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On 2006-01-31 01:14:45, p900 lover wrote:
LOL anyway to prevent this?
yea, smash you pc up!!!, delete it yourself so the virus dont get the satisfaction........ or just disable your internet connection.
man your too damn selfish! getting on lil poor viruses!
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Posted: 2006-01-31 10:06:41
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On 2006-01-31 01:14:45, p900 lover wrote:
LOL anyway to prevent this?
buy a mac lol
@ cyco - im glad some people are looking at the possitives of this lol
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Posted: 2006-01-31 10:08:10
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zdnet
Microsoft in an e-mail Tuesday warned users to update their antivirus protections against the Kama Sutra worm, the mass-mailing virus slated to begin corrupting files later this week.
In its advisory for the Kama Sutra worm, otherwise known as win32/Mywife.E@mm and Nyxem.E, Microsoft warns users to be wary of opening unknown attachments.
The worm, which infects a user's computer once an attachment is opened, may also spread over writeable network shares if there are blank administrator passwords. Users hit with the worm may find a number of their files permanently corrupted on the third day of every month, beginning this Friday.
Like other worms, the Kama Sutra virus attempts to disable security software that is loaded on users systems, Microsoft warns.
Microsoft is advising users to update their antivirus software, as well as remain cautious when opening unknown attachments and use strong password protection.
Security experts estimate the worm has infected at least 500,000 PCs, often using pornography as its enticement.
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Posted: 2006-02-01 05:16:15
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Woah...this looks like its gonna be big....
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Posted: 2006-02-01 08:25:55
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