Protect Your Computer from Latest Virus
by Stephen Kreutzer
Published on this site: February 4th, 2006 - See
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deadly new virus under the name of W32/Nyxem-D which spreads
via email attached file is set to strike on the 3rd day of
every month half an hour after the infected computer boots
up. The damage caused by this virus could be extensive. If
unsuspecting user opens the infected attached file it gets
into the system and start delivering itself to all the available email addresses
residing in the infected computer.
Once activated it overwrites all DOC, XLS, MDB, MDE, PPT,
PPS, ZIP, RAR, PDF, PSD and DMP files by replacing their contents
with the data string: DATA Error [47 0F 94 93 F4 K5]. This
can create a big mess, as all integrated to the computer drives
will suffer. This means your flash cards, network drives,
external drives or any drive which gets identified by an alphabet.
This virus is also known as "CME-24," "BlackWorm,"
"Mywife.E" and "Kama Sutra" and seems
even capable of disabling out-of-date antivirus software.
Over 300 thousand computers are believed to be infected by
this worm mainly in India, Peru, Turkey and Italy, where people
are less prone to safeguard their computers with up-to-date
antivirus programs
What should you do to protect your computer from this and
other malware?
- Upgrade your antivirus software. If you don't have an
antivirus software installed and you don't feel like buying
them. These two are excellent antivirus programs you can
get for free.
AntiVir Personal Edition Classic 6.32 (http://www.free-av.com/)
Alwil Software Avast Home Edition 4.6 (http://www.avast.com/i_kat_207.php?lang=ENG)
- Scan your computer for possible malware regularly. A
great free tool that scans your computer remotely for viruses
and eliminates them you can find at http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp
- Get a firewall and install it. A great free firewall
that you can download and install is Zonealarm. You can
download it from http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp
- Regularly get patches for your version of Windows and
update.
- Use email filters similar to Eprompter. It gives you
the ability to delete unwanted spam or suspicious looking
mail, which might contain viruses. Get it free from http://www.eprompter.com
If you take these precautions, your chances of getting infected
will be reduced drastically.
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