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Nope doesn't affect Linux.
Hundreds of thousands of computers are believed to be infected by a worm set to activate Friday that could corrupt documents using the most common file types, including ''.doc,'' ''.pdf,'' and ''.zip,'' experts warned Tuesday.
The worm is expected to affect machines mostly in India, Peru, Turkey and Italy, said Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer for Finnish security company F-Secure Corp.
The worm, known as ''CME-24,'' ''BlackWorm,'' ''Mywife.E'' or a number of other monikers, even tries to disable antivirus software that is out of date.
Users should make sure their virus protection software is turned on and has the latest definitions, generally available for free from the software vendor's Web site. F-Secure also has created a free removal tool.
''If you are infected, and you find out about it today, you still have time to get rid of the virus,'' Hypponen said.
As worms go, the spread of BlackWorm is relatively low. But worms these days are generally designed to help spammers and hackers carry out attacks, not to destroy files as this one does. So the impact this time may be more severe.
Microsoft Corp. Issued an advisory Tuesday warning customers about the worm, which affects most versions of its Windows operating system.
Users should be safe if they have the latest antivirus software or if their computers are set with limited privileges, a common setting in larger organizations. They are vulnerable if they, like many small business and home users, leave their computers set with full administrative rights.
And users should check the date on the computer. The worm hits the third of every month, so if the computer's local calendar settings are off, Hypponen said, files may be destroyed sooner or later, even if the computer is never turned on Friday.
The real answer, from the Symantec Anti Virus database on the Blackmal worm (which is what I assume the news clip was about) is that it is written in Visual Basic and uses Windows Media Player but Macs, DOS and Linux are not affected. Macs with Office have Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and WMP, but not the full Visual Basic.
I had and it could from a link on PTT but it got deleted
Cessna's rule!
A few of the e mail names are
Give me a kiss
A teenage girl's fantasy gone bad
Elite Agent And Proud Member of the Terror Squad.
The worm desguises itself as a pornography e-mail, or an e-mail to remove a virus that infected your computer. DO NOT OPEN ANY ATTACHMENT YOU DONT TRUST!
I myself am a bit unprotected... I recently formatted to clean all this rubbish I had (not windows fault) and now I'm updating windows and still need to install the Anti-Virus... Ah well ;)
Personal integrity: none.
Peace
Lol, I just don't have the willpower not to plug 'er in again.
Say, do any of the messages take the form of ads for a genital-enhancing product? I've been getting them, and they come with a.doc (or something) attachment, which I haven't been opening. Lemme give ya a sample of what I've been getting:
Shaquana Allene UPSET BCOZ OF UR SHORT DlCK? LONGER 2" WITH THIS throughput - arrear glide coupon cross bona virtuoso? Deliquescent decline gaiety collude algeria. Probate
Malinda Daniel Message subject - certainty zounds hall. Diameter aggravate plasmon heterocyclic chomp demagogue, spinal vermilion
Leontine Luana SHY TO FCUK WITH UR SHORT GUN? L0NGER 3" INSTANTLY - servants explain nothing. A happened disappoint. Goes goes gym...
Sound like our culprit to you?
^^ pretty sure thats adware or spyware
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There have been rumors of a bad worm that's going to start spreading around PCs (Linux or not, it doesn't matter). It's even been in the news. Supposedly it will start tomorrow; if you guys have any links post them here. Be careful with those computers, don't open gibberish emails, etc. Hopefully no one on TT will get it.
As for me, I will yank my router out and have a Homework/Skinning-Fest.