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Thu Feb 02, 2006 11:09 am
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This was posted at CNN and McAfee....read and know....
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.
While most antivirus vendors have issued updates for their software, Nyxem is spreading quickly, and its creators have posted a counter on a Web site that records new infections. According to F-Secure's security blog, the counter was showing around 510,000 infections as of Sunday night. |
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Thu Feb 02, 2006 7:48 pm
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| If you happen to be one of the dumbasses that clicks attachments from people you dont know ... you almost deserve to be infected and have your s**t owned by the virus |
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Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:03 am
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i just took a look on sarc.com (norton's av page) and it looks like any other virus these days.... a nasty little mess of complete computer takeover and mayhem. anyone who gets it: enjoy  |
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Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:03 am
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C:/ reformat  |
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Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:34 am
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| If you happen to be one of the dumbasses that clicks attachments from people you dont know ... you almost deserve to be infected and have your s**t owned by the virus |
Seconded. |
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Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:30 pm
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| RS wrote: |
| If you happen to be one of the dumbasses that clicks attachments from people you dont know ... you almost deserve to be infected and have your s**t owned by the virus |
But my "friend" sent me a link saying: "ZOMG, LOOK AT THIS HOT PICTURE OF ME!"
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Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:33 pm
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but i won $10,000 the e-mail told me =(
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Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:56 pm
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| Checks in the mail Fly |
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Fri Feb 03, 2006 5:46 pm
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Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:08 pm
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| Hmmm Id settle for one of those African big bush momma zebra chicks with a huge bone in her afro and plates in her lips... |
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Tue Feb 07, 2006 5:07 pm
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| had mcafee once told me a new virus that could take over your computer. |
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Tue Feb 07, 2006 6:40 pm
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| plates in your lips is a south american tribe youre thinking of |
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Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:32 pm
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Wrong Plates in the lips is native to African tribes. Apex 1 RS 0.  |
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