China warned about Panda virus

The virus called Panda that once destroyed millions of computers in China three years ago has reappeared with a much higher level of danger, according to McAfee.

Vu Nguyen, a security researcher for McAfee, said that since 2007, Panda has been continuously appearing new variants, but this variation proved to be more dangerous because of the possibility of spreading. fast, devastatingly powerful, it is also equipped with the ability to ' hide ' very well and avoid the detection of most security programs.

' It is becoming more and more complicated and a big challenge for users because they cannot remove it completely even if they know that their computer has been infected with this virus, ' Vu Nguyen said.

Last weekend, the National Center for Rapid Response to Computer Viruses of China issued a warning about the new version of the virus but ' hidden ' under the shell of a virus called Worm_Piloyd.B misleading attention as well as how to kill users.

This virus usually infects files that can run automatically ( .exe ) or html files . Once infected, the virus loses its ability to recover files, automatically disables and disables all existing antivirus programs and connects the victim's computer to other websites to Download a variety of viruses and other malware.

However, security experts at McAfee and China all say that the most dangerous thing is the emergence of more specialized ' virus production ' groups for sale in the country. Recently the police in Hubei province successfully broke a six-person virus writing line to sell and build botnets to attack ' rent '. In only about 6 months of operation, this group earned nearly $ 300,000.

The Shanghai City Court has also sentenced six months in prison to an Internet company director for paying $ 17,500 to hire other people to attack denial of service (DDoS) into a rival company's server. paintings.