Kama Sutra worm - otherwise known as Nyxem.E worm - was first discovered on January 16, 2006. The virus is thought to have infected at least more than half a million PCs worldwide.
Meanwhile yesterday (January 26) security firm IronPort said it had discovered programming code that allowed the virus to once again break out on February 3, 2006.
However, users can be assured if they use updated anti-virus versions because security software vendors have released updates to remove the virus.
Even so, IronPort warned that users could be infected with the new worm again when they tried to spread themselves using the e-mail addresses available on their own. PC infected. This can cause users to be confused with serious email messages.
F-Secure announced that Nyxem.E worm quickly climbed to the top of the dangerous viruses, accounting for more than 21.7% of the virus messages sent to the company.
Once infected with a worm, Nyxem will be able to remove all Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files. Not only that, they also spread themselves through the email addresses available on the infected computer or via the network. Nyxem worm also has the ability to hide itself in email attachments without being detected by filters.
Until this Internet community could hardly predict the scale of the upcoming attack of the Nyxem worm. ' The result must also depend on how many Internet servers will be infected with this new worm worm.We can only sit and wait now . '
Businesses should warn their employees not to open unsolicited e-mails and tell them how e-mails containing Kama Sutra often have titles or content - mostly Bad content. Besides, it is recommended that everyone should update anti-virus software as soon as possible.
Nyxem computer worms are capable of causing serious catastrophes this year if the infected computers are not removed and let them automatically activate the powerful spread on the third day of each month. .