Dear members, Hope, many members might have received junk mails since last couple days with a subject 'Miss Lebanon 2006' or 'School girl fantasies gone bad'. Here is the news of this new worm - Nyxem Kama Sutra worm erases computer files Anti-virus 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 said. "We are expecting to see problems in two weeks' time,'' Hypponen said. 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 anti-virus 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. The worm, which is spread through e-mail, uses a dated technique to entice users by promising pornography, says Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant, at Sophos. Nyxem lacks the sophistication of recent Trojan horse-style viruses that are more targeted and less prevalent in order to evade detection, Cluley says. Nonetheless, users appear to still be clicking, and the worm was accounting for about 35% of virus traffic as of Monday morning, he added. The worm harvests email addresses and then sends itself out again. The email subject line may contain text that says 'Miss Lebanon 2006' or 'School girl fantasies gone bad', according to Sophos. Agencies Source: Times of India, 25.01.2006 Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410 208 India Ph : +91 22 2740 5026 Fax : +91 22 2740 5085 Email : smunnolli@actrec.res.in Dear members, Hope, many members might have received junk mails since last couple days with a subject 'Miss Lebanon 2006 or School girl fantasies gone bad. Here is the news of this new worm - Nyxem Kama Sutra worm erases computer files Anti-virus vendors are warning of a rapidly spreading worm that is carrying a potentially destructive set of instructions. The Nyxem wormalso nicknamed the Kama Sutra wormis 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 said. We are expecting to see problems in two weeks time, Hypponen said. The worm appears to be programmed to overwrite all files on the third day of every month, Hypponen says. So far, theres no indication where Nyxem originated. While most anti-virus 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-Secures security blog, the counter was showing around 510,000 infections as of Sunday night. The worm, which is spread through e-mail, uses a dated technique to entice users by promising pornography, says Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant, at Sophos. Nyxem lacks the sophistication of recent Trojan horse-style viruses that are more targeted and less prevalent in order to evade detection, Cluley says. Nonetheless, users appear to still be clicking, and the worm was accounting for about 35% of virus traffic as of Monday morning, he added. The worm harvests email addresses and then sends itself out again. The email subject line may contain text that says Miss Lebanon 2006 or School girl fantasies gone bad, according to Sophos. Agencies Source: Times of India, 25.01.2006 Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410 208 India Ph : +91 22 2740 5026 Fax : +91 22 2740 5085 Email : mailto:smunnolli@actrec.res.in smunnolli@actrec.res.in