Computer virus reached a new record
The computer world in 2006 began with a sad number when 2,312 computer viruses were discovered in January 2006, announced by Sophos network security specialist. According to the white hat hacker group working for Sophos, the number of computer virus programs is small
The computer world in 2006 began with a sad number when 2,312 computer viruses were discovered in January 2006, announced by Sophos network security specialist.
According to the white-hat hacker group working for Sophos, the number of newly created computer virus programs that were identified in January 2006 reached a record number of 2,312, more than one-third compared to December 2005. In particular, the Sober-Z virus topped the total table (spread to many computers) but stopped spreading from January 6 but replaced it with new virus Kama Sutra (Nyxem-D) and three old viruses reappear.
The new worm Nyxem-D appears in various forms of porn email and automatically propagates back to other addresses when disabling security software. Nyxem-D has also been programmed to delete files from February 3.
Sophos analysts said in January, 1.4% of online messages were viruses (1/70).
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