The AntiVirus and Content Security firm MicroWorld
Technologies informs that there’s a steep rise globally in the number
of mails infected with ‘Worm.Win32.Nyxem.e’ or the ‘Kamasutra Worm’,
with India being the worst hit.
Experts at MicroWorld
reveal that out of all mails encountered at their Servers in India, 27% were carrying
Nyxem. This amounts to a staggering 87% of the total number of infected mails
in the region. From the information collected through MicroWorld
Servers across the world, Nyxem registers a 31% of the global Virus count.
Mails infected with Nyxem, out of total mails received.
“In
March too, we have noticed hectic activity from this worm towards the end of the
month. We believe that it’s got to do with the 3rd of the month payload that
Nyxem carries. But trust me, the last two weeks have seen this worm climbing an
unprecedented level in terms of proliferation!” says Aneesh Paliwal, Security
Analyst, MicroWorld.
The sleazy worm
that spreads via pornographic mails was first detected by MicroWorld Technologies
on Jan 16, 2006. Nyxem is a PE EXE file written in Visual Basic and wrapped with
UPX. On the 3rd of every month, Nyxem is programmed to overwrite all infected
files. It shrinks files with extensions .doc, .pdf, .psd, .ppt, .pps, .rar, .xls
and .zip to 20 bytes and displays an error message when you try to open them.
“One needs to note that a Virus which inflicts maximum harm is not
necessarily a new breed every time. On many occasions, it’s an old timer
or its smarter variant or mutant,” says Govind Rammurthy, CEO, MicroWorld
Technologies. “The solution lies in a Virus scanner that’s up-to-second
on every Virus in the wild and has got the ability to foresee future threats at
the same time. If you can top it with educating your customers about social engineering
tactics used in spreading these threats, malware writers will bite dust for sure!”
MicroWorld
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is the developer of the world's first Real-Time AntiVirus and Content Security
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