Kama Sutra Virus: All Talk, Little Walk

GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
edited February 2006 in Science & Tech
The Kama Sutra virus, a virus scheduled to begin erasing documents such as Word and Excel files this morning, is said to have done very little actual damage.
Rather than disabling up to 500,000 PCs that were expected to be infected, the virus had hit only a few thousand computers by midday in continental Europe, mostly from individual consumers, according to several computer security firms.

Advance warnings by virus security firms and enterprises to their customers and employees appeared to have worked.

"This is certainly not a disaster," said technical consultant Graham Cluley at British virus fighter firm Sophos.

Rival security software firm Symantec confirmed "the worm is not spreading wildly and infections are relatively low."
Source: Reuters

Comments

  • airbornflght
    edited February 2006
    so are they scheduling these things like service pack rollouts now?

    maybe i should preorder one?
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited February 2006
    are they scheduling these things like service pack rollouts now?
    New distribution models:

    sweepstakes
    free at Burger King
    CDs in the mail - better than AOL
    bundled with condoms at the supermarket

    and last but not least, a new virus downloading client, complete with auto-udating: SpyBotch!
  • RADARADA Apple Valley, CA Member
    edited February 2006
    People are finally taking action to keep their computers up to date. Both OS and AntiVirus wise.

    Less computers that can be infected, means less computers to help spread the infection..
  • JengoJengo Pasco, WA | USA
    edited February 2006
    omg, the name of this virus is the stupidest thing ive ever heard..
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