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Clock Ticking for Nyxem Virus

Posted by Hemos on from the cue-jeopardy-theme-song dept.

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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  1. Re:Who out there stilll doesn't get it? by Elitist_Phoenix · · Score: 1, Redundant

    It's so unfair. I always run the attachments and I never get any viruses. God Damn it, linux just isn't ready for the desktop market.

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