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Virus Alert:
This was issued today by our IT Manager, thought I would pass it along
There is a new virus alert in the news. The method of infection is through email and if infected it will corrupt all Microsoft Office documents, Adobe Acrobat files, and ZIP files.
Do not open any email that you did not expect to receive or from someone you do not know. Do not open any attachments from people you know if it’s not work related such as family members and friends using a computer at home. These users at home are more likely to get infected, not having up-to-date antivirus software and going to all kinds of websites to download stuff. And please only visit respectable well known websites that are work related or needed to do your work. We are using anti-virus software and Windows updates to protect us, but prevention can be improved upon by everyone being aware and careful while on the internet and using email.
Fox News Report
NEW YORK — Friday may be D-day, as in "destruction day," for millions of Windows computer users.
That's the day a notably pesky e-mail worm, variously called "Nyxem.E," "CME-24," "BlackWorm," "Mywife.E," "KamaSutra" and "VB.bi," among other names, is set to detonate its deadly payload.
Once activated, the worm will corrupt all documents on a infected machine with the following file extensions: .dmp, .doc, .mdb, .mde, .pdf, .psd, .ppt, .pps, .rar, .xls and .zip.
That means almost all files created using Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel or Microsoft PowerPoint could be lost forever, as well as "raw" Adobe Photoshop files, PDF files used by Adobe Acrobat and competing PDF readers, and several kinds of database and compression files.
Hundreds of thousands of Windows machines are believed to have already been infected, mostly in India, Peru, Turkey and Italy, said Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer for Finnish security company F-Secure Corp.
The worm also tries to disable anti-virus software that is out of date, Hypponen said. Thus, users should make sure their software is turned on and has the latest definitions, generally available for free from the software vendor's
This was issued today by our IT Manager, thought I would pass it along
There is a new virus alert in the news. The method of infection is through email and if infected it will corrupt all Microsoft Office documents, Adobe Acrobat files, and ZIP files.
Do not open any email that you did not expect to receive or from someone you do not know. Do not open any attachments from people you know if it’s not work related such as family members and friends using a computer at home. These users at home are more likely to get infected, not having up-to-date antivirus software and going to all kinds of websites to download stuff. And please only visit respectable well known websites that are work related or needed to do your work. We are using anti-virus software and Windows updates to protect us, but prevention can be improved upon by everyone being aware and careful while on the internet and using email.
Fox News Report
NEW YORK — Friday may be D-day, as in "destruction day," for millions of Windows computer users.
That's the day a notably pesky e-mail worm, variously called "Nyxem.E," "CME-24," "BlackWorm," "Mywife.E," "KamaSutra" and "VB.bi," among other names, is set to detonate its deadly payload.
Once activated, the worm will corrupt all documents on a infected machine with the following file extensions: .dmp, .doc, .mdb, .mde, .pdf, .psd, .ppt, .pps, .rar, .xls and .zip.
That means almost all files created using Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel or Microsoft PowerPoint could be lost forever, as well as "raw" Adobe Photoshop files, PDF files used by Adobe Acrobat and competing PDF readers, and several kinds of database and compression files.
Hundreds of thousands of Windows machines are believed to have already been infected, mostly in India, Peru, Turkey and Italy, said Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer for Finnish security company F-Secure Corp.
The worm also tries to disable anti-virus software that is out of date, Hypponen said. Thus, users should make sure their software is turned on and has the latest definitions, generally available for free from the software vendor's
