Clock Ticking for Nyxem Virus

DoddyUK writes "The BBC is reporting that the countdown has begun for the Nyxem virus. On February 3rd, common documents such as MS Word, Excel or Powerpoint will be overwritten on infected machines. Over 300,000 machines have been infected thus far, the main method of infection being the promise of porn in unsolicited emails."

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Re:Seems fair enough to me

[TripMaster Monkey]

As long as it disables their internet access too, I don't see the problem.

Unfortunately, that is the problem....it's not going to disable internet access, as that would impair its ability to propogate.

From F-Secure:

The 'Nyxem.e' is a mass-mailing worm that also tries to spread using remote shares.

And from E-Security Planet:

Worm-Nyxem-E propagates via email. It sends a copy of itself using its own Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server. Having its own SMTP server allows it to send email messages without relying on email application like Microsoft Outlook.