[Netnews-action] resources: major MS Windows virus

[Manchester Campaigns]

For those using Microsoft Windows please ensure you have your anti-virus
s/w up to date (as should users of Linux, Mac and other operating
systems).
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> On Friday 3rd February, the payload of the Nyxem virus (aka Blackworm,
Blackmal, Blueworm, Grew) is due to trigger.
> 
> This deletes from the infected machine ALL documents with the
extensions:
>  DOC, XLS, MDB, MDE, PPT, PPS, ZIP, RAR, PDF, PSD, DMP (That's Word,
Excel, Access, Powerpoint, archive files, PDFs, and a few others) NB. As
there are several variants of Nyxem, this list may be incomplete.
> 
> Antivirus vendors have had detection for this virus in place for some
time, but it would be wise to check that you've been getting your
updates, and to do a full scan of your drive if you don't normally do
one regularly. The virus attempts to disable antivirus programs: is
yours working?
> 
> Now would be a good time to make a backup of those irreplaceable
documents!!! 
>