Nasty Windows virus to hit on 02-03-06

[mkeefe]

Noticed this alert on Utopia which has been issued by the BBC

On February 3rd, 2006 the Nyxem virus is set to delete Word, Powerpoint, Excel and Acrobat files on infected machines.

Make sure your machine doesn't have any infections and don't open unknown emails.

Here is the complete article

Here is the list of files it targets:

• NYXEM FILE TARGETS
  DMP - Oracle files
  DOC - Word document
  MDB - Microsoft Access
  MDE - Microsoft Access/Office
  PDF - Adobe Acrobat
  PPS - PowerPoint slideshow
  PPT - PowerPoint
  PSD - Photoshop
  RAR - Compressed archive
  XLS - Excel spreadsheet
  ZIP - Compressed file

Matt

[Edited on 1/30/2006 by mkeefe]

[TechZsue]

thanks for the heads up...i think i can live without powerpoint, excel, maybe even word but never, ever without photoshop

[deewebgirl]

oh nasty..tku!

[StylizE]

Always install updates on your antivirus so you will not encounter the viruses

[Edited on 2/8/2008 by StylizE]