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Kiss goodbye to Word, Excel and PowerPoint files Antivirus firms are warning of a destructive Windows worm that will begin wiping files on infected PCs this Friday. 'Nyxem.e' has been spreading via infected emails and network shares.
On the third of each month the worm will activate 30 minutes after the computer is booted up and overwrite all files with the extensions DOC, XLS, MDB, MDE, PPT, PPS, ZIP, RAR, PDF, PSD and DMP. Corrupted files contain the text 'DATA Error [47 0F 94 93 F4 F5]'.
If you have computer files you'd rather not lose, now is a good time to make sure your anti-virus software is up to date. A worm set to activate Friday will corrupt documents using the most common file types, including ".doc," ".pdf," and ".zip." Hundreds of thousands of machines are believed to be infected, mostly in India, Peru, Turkey and Italy, said Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer for Finnish security company F-Secure Corp.
Pest highlights need for consistency in identifying viruses. The Blackmal e-mail worm, which is programmed to delete certain files on infected machines this Friday, should pose little threat to organizations that have implemented basic security best practices, according to analysts.
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