February 02, 2006
The February 3 Virus...Please Read!
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
Assalamu Alaikum,
This is a very important and serious PSA with regard to a virus that has been reported in the news as set to exploit computer systems on February 3, 2006.
Please heed and share the information below, Insha'Allah, and protect your computer systems.
If you do not have virus protection on your computer you can get a free scan from Windows Live Safety Center: http://safety.live.com/
Ma'Salaama.
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Scan your system for Kama Sutra worm
http://www.pcdoctor-guide.com/wordpress/?p=2248
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http://www.pcdoctor-guide.com/wordpress
If you’ve not done so already then it’s time to scan your system for the Kama Sutra worm (also called Nyxem.e, MyWife.d, Grew.a, and Blackmal.e) because it has another nasty side-effect. I’ve already mentioned the fact that set to overwrite files with the extensions .doc, .xls, .mdb, .mde, .ppt, .pps, .zip, .rar, .pdf, .psd, and .dmp on the 3rd of Feb but that’s not all - it adds 18 entries to the Windows registry to fool Windows into accepting as valid a malicious ActiveX control which is used by the worm to automatically run its code each time the PC is turned on and Windows boots.
Blackworm CM 24. File deletion has begun acco...
http://securingwindows.blogspot.com/2006/01/blackworm-cm-24-file-deletion-has.html
Nyxem Virus To Delete Files on Feb. 3
http://cedsfiles.blogspot.com/2006/02/nyxem-virus-to-delete-files-on-feb-3.html
Nyxem/BlackWorm and the Internet
http://jeremy.qux.net/entries/Nyxem-BlackWorm-and-the-Internet.shtml?from=rss
Search Results for "February 3 Virus" http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?ei=utf-8&fr=slv1-&p=February+3+virus
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jazakaAllah Khair Sister for posting this! It was a great help!
ReplyDeleteSalam Alaikum:
ReplyDeleteAishah you are always on top of things. Thank you for giving us this information.