MyWife.E, W32Blackmal, etc. worm

Feb. 3 came and went, but I see no reports of effects on anyone's PC's.

 

Google's "News" tab turned up this:

The Kama Sutra worm, also known as Blackworm, Nyxem, and Blackmal, is a type of malware, or malicious software that infects PCs using the Windows operating system.

Discovered January 16, Kama Sutra was designed to destroy common files such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents when each computer's calendar hit February 3.

The worm arrived via e-mail, enticing computer users with promises of sexy pictures. The subject lines included "School girl fantasies gone bad," "Hot Movie," "Crazy illegal Sex!" and "Kama Sutra pics." But when users clicked on the attachment, they got an infected machine instead of pornography. (Watch how the worm seduces PC users -- 1:36)

The number of infections worldwide has been estimated at about 300,000, with the highest numbers in Turkey and India. While most large companies with computer networks are believed to have had plenty of time to cleanse their systems, home users and small businesses who did not use the latest anti-virus and anti-spyware software are expected to have the most damage.

Few specific damage reports are available yet.

"These will only get reported when people get home from work, and it will take awhile before they figure out who to call," said Mikko Hypponen, Chief Research Officer of F-Secure Corporation in Helsinki, Finland.


More of the CNN story is here: http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/02/03/wormstrike/

 

More info...

Linky => http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/#00000800