Gaixinh's 'post' virus raged during Tet

Beginning to appear on the 28th day of the lunar calendar, a strong outbreak followed and is still spreading, the next version of the Gaixinh virus named W32.LotterYM.Worm has caused many people to trap because of the spread on Yahoo Messenger and the messages "scent".

With messages like: "I am pretty through .", "flower hau bikini 2007 .", "em Han QUoc De Thuong ." the malicious links automatically appear on the screen very easily do "heartfelt" people using Yahoo instant messaging tool.

According to BKIS Network Security Center, when infected with a victim's computer, the virus has the ability to edit the registry, making them unable to use Task Manager, Regedit and the Internet Explorer web browser home page to be edited into http:// /uk[REMOVED].us/ .

"In just one week of New Year, there are more than 29,000 computers in the country that have been infected with this virus. I have confirmed that many people have not continuously updated the browser patches so the old Internet Explorer vulnerability has been W32.LotterYM.Worm exploits, "said Le Minh Duc of BKIS. " Currently, those who are stuck with this problem can download BKAV 1492 software to kill ".

The spike in infection has made it difficult for many others to send "clean" links to friends. "Whenever I want to send a link with a Tet greeting card to my relatives, I have to open one more sentence: my one sent it, not the virus . so that my message will be opened by everyone," Hoang Minh, a YM user in Hanoi, said.

In April 2006, a "made in Vietnam" virus appeared, known as Gaixinh, which immediately caused a rapid spread of speed through Yahoo Messenger. The author of malicious code is a domestic student who later apologizes to the online community and is responsible before the law. However, scattered since then, similar versions of Gaixinh occasionally appear to cause discomfort and loss to computer users.