Friday February 3rd

[Igorian]

I'm not one for scaremongering when it comes to virus and spyware problems, but as one of my s/w guys pointed this out to me, I thought it was worth a mention. Here is an extract from his email.

"You may have read recent press reports of the Nyxem Virus that is due to activate on Friday February 3rd, deleting 11 different types of file, including Word, Powerpoint, Excel and Acrobat files. It will also attempt to disable anti-virus software. Nyxem spreads by enticing people to open e-mail attachments. The virus then mails itself to addresses within your address book."

So, make sure your av software is up to date and, as usual, don't open any unexpected emails/attachments.

 

[chainsaw_masochist]

Is this any relation to the Black Worm (my wife) virus that Zone Alarm is banging on about? I received an email from ZA this morning. This also appears to attack the same files and is also released by opening an email attachment. Upgrading to ZA Antivirus will protect your PC from this bug but the free version will not.

 

[Igorian]

Yes, 'tis the same. More about it here

 

[sergerub]

Do not open any URLs from unknown emails.

 

[2scoops0406]

I have no AV 'cos of ZoneAlarm. bar stewards.

 

[Igorian]

I have no AV 'cos of ZoneAlarm. bar stewards.

try avast

 

[2scoops0406]

I have no AV 'cos of ZoneAlarm. bar stewards.

try avast

No, I want to mope!

 

[Igorian]

I have no AV 'cos of ZoneAlarm. bar stewards.

try avast

No, I want to mope!

Ya doing a good job.