Kama Sutra worm set to strike again next week
Businesses should brace themselves for a further spread of the Kama Sutra worm next Friday (3 February), as the worm is programmed to try and replicate itself from already-infected machines.
The worm, also given the name Nyxem.E by security software suppliers, will at the same time attempt to delete certain files on infected machines – it has been programmed to do this on the third day of every month.
It is estimated that the worm, which is spread by users opening an attachment promising porn images, has already infected around 500,000 machines worldwide.
The worm first appeared on 16 January and almost immediately went to the top of the virus and worm threat charts compiled by security software suppliers.
