Nyxem.E Virus will Strike Tomorrow.

[Jale]

An alert has been sounded for Friday, when a computer virus that mostly comes in as a deceptive-looking attachment and uses the mail address of the targeted system to spreading further, is expected to disrupt systems.

"Since this virus (categorised as a mass mailing worm) was not detected earlier it may have already landed in your system long back and will remain dormant. The virus starts attacking on 3rd of every month starting from February 3rd of 2006," says Stanley Rakesh, an entrepreneur running Fire Antivirus, a Chennai-based software company.

Computer security company F-Secure said on its website that the virus has several names, with the main identity being Nyxem.E It has the following aliases: W32.Blackmal.E@mm, Email-Worm.Win32.Nyxem.e, W32/MyWife.d@MM, Kama Sutra.

The following data was released by Fire on the new threat:

Attack: The nature of the virus is destructive and will attack files with extension .doc , .pdf , .xls , .zip , .ppt , ...etc. This will also attack antivirus applications making the system more vulnerable for future attacks.

Characteristics: It contains its own SMTP engine and spreads through shared network and mass mailing. It attacks Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows NT and Windows XP systems.

Risk Level: Distribution - High ; Destruction : High

Preventive Measure:

All machines should be updated and scanned individually.

Do not open any attachment file at least for the next two days.

System date can be forwarded.

Important files like .doc , .xls , .zip .pdf can be renamed. All data should be backed up.

[-=VampyR=-]

Bad virus...killing .zip roms...

[onewecallgod]

i suppose if you're dumb enough to download and execute a suspicious attachment, you deserve to be infected.

[buggesy666]

is this a joke?

[TchuBacha]

Anyone affected by this virus.

[Lefteris_D]

Install an antivirus(there are several free ones) and keep it's database updated. Problem solved.

[TchuBacha]

Even better dont open email attachments from people you dont know.

[alcoatjez]

People who are well protected (AV and firewall) and surf and mail wise shouldn't have any problems. Mmm, about 200GB of zipped stuff on my PC, so it better not strike me... Thanks for the info, Butters :)

[Jale]

Over 700,000 computers got infected around the world.

[Phantom69]

i use avast and my AV is up to date, as far as i know i have not been affected, i have not received any emails from unkowns and am working fine thankfully, knock on wood.

thanx for the heads up, but i think the warning has passed now.

[-=VampyR=-]

All unknown mails are deleted by me...I don't even try to open them ;)
Someone will have to be VERY stupid to run an .exe file or other received in mail from unknown sources..

[Phantom69]

i agree with you totaly

[montpics]

Luckilly I don't have an internet connection (YET!) for my home.

[hagbard]

Luckilly I don't have an internet connection (YET!) for my home.
I'm not sure if that's good at all :p

[alcoatjez]

Luckilly I don't have an internet connection (YET!) for my home.

So you're infecting your work PC right now? :p

[hagbard]

So you're infecting your work PC right now? :p
Not a bad idea if you ask me :D

[RockY]

Local Area Networks are evil if you share files... you can infect computers easilly.

[Jale]

Not if you are well protected :)

[Fable]

like if you use condoms?

hahahaha

[Jale]

Kinda... Nah, just a few firewalls and antiviruses.

[Fable]

me thinks firewalls count as e-condoms

haha

[montpics]

So you're infecting your work PC right now? :p
Speaking of it. My OS currently in unstable now, probably I did something with the registry or something else. But other OS'es seemed fine to me. But anyway, I really need to reformat again once I grabbed extra storage. (I hope) :cool:

[-=VampyR=-]

^ What's the problem...with your PC I mean ?

[Jale]

Speaking of it. My OS currently in unstable now, probably I did something with the registry or something else. But other OS'es seemed fine to me. But anyway, I really need to reformat again once I grabbed extra storage. (I hope) :cool:
If it's Windows, that's not surprising :glare:

Did you do a spyware check?

[-=VampyR=-]

Maybe it's something that can be fixed... :)

[montpics]

If it's Windows, that's not surprising :glare:
Yeah, another unstable Windows XP which restarted in all of a sudden and truncated some of the files while system checking. Now, some of the programs seemed fail to work. Ah well. ;)

Did you do a spyware check?
I don't think that's the main problem though...... (But still one of the problem though) :rolleyes:

[-=VampyR=-]

Yeah, another unstable Windows XP which restarted in all of a sudden and truncated some of the files while system checking. Now, some of the programs seemed fail to work. Ah well.
It happens every time...On a crash,if Windows does a disk-check,sometimes it deletes vscan.ini of my antivirus BitDefender 9.How stupid is that?
Luckily I have a backup of the file (even the av has a backup in some folder,they might have known about the stupidity of WinXP)...otherwise I cannot scan any file anymore.

[Jale]

I turn "Restart automatically" off to see where's the fuckage coming from :)

[-=VampyR=-]

I think I have one of the most tweaked Windows on the planet. :)
My system doesn't crash anyway...but sometimes hey,it happens...

[Fable]

woot go linux.

[Jale]

Is it true that Opera is safer than Firefox?

[-=VampyR=-]

Some people say yes.
Me ?...I don't care.The only things I hate about Firefox is its startup time and the tons of memory the dang thing eats up.In rest nothing but good things.

Both Opera and Firefox kick IE's ass anytime.Opera is slightly faster than Firefox.But I can't get used to Opera and I'll stick to Firefox.

[Fable]

Eh, I use Firefox

[Jale]

Back to Firefox. I didn't like Opera too much.

[Fable]

I can't get used to the layout and whatnot.

[alcoatjez]

I'm also a FireFox user. The main reason for me is the tabbed browsing, but of course IE7 is also going to use that.

[Fable]

psh. firefox is the bomb tho. IE2 or w/e that weirdo browser has tabbed browsing but it still sucks.

[Jale]

This thread should be closed. The virus is old now.