Naked Wife virus spreading
Virus control companies are warning of a medium to high-risk PC-disabling virus disguised as an e-mail attachment labeled "NakedWife.exe." The e-mail itself is titled, "My wife never look like that!" Once opened, the virus mails itself to addresses in the Microsoft Corp. Outlook address book and erases critical operating system files.
In related news, The Register reports that David Perry, global director of education for antivirus company Trend Micro, blames companies in his industry for spreading misinformation and myths about computer viruses. Perry says that only 800 viruses, not the 30,000 to 50,000 cited by antivirus companies, have ever infected anybody and only 200 are in circulation. Most of the remaining viruses are, according to Perry, "zoo" viruses sent to antivirus companies by their writers without ever having been released to the public.
For more on Naked Wife, see newsBytes.com, bloomberg.com and news.com. The zoo virus story is at theregister.co.uk.
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