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Upcoming Feb 3 worm attack on Microsoft Windows systems

2006-01-25 11:32:55
Subject: Upcoming Feb 3 worm attack on Microsoft Windows systems
From: "Gee, Norman" <Norman.Gee AT LC.CA DOT GOV>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 08:32:20 -0800
Is anyone considering special archives for all their windows servers
because of this worm or is someone here is over reacting?

 
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 Feb. 3, said Mikko Hypponen,
chief research officer at F-Secure Corp. 

F-Secure researchers found the worm truncates files to 20 bytes and
causes an error message when one is opened, he said. 

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