Post by Gonzo Journalist on Mar 4, 2004 5:03:33 GMT 7
I've been getting several a day, and just delete them, no matter who they appear to be from. The message is the clue: very brief, eg, Waiting for your reply, and no names used. Don't open the attachment, though if you've got a good anti-virus program in place you won't be able to.
Here's more from Eastday English.
Mydoom worm still a threat to computers
A computer worm that started a month ago is still meandering its way into millions of computers, making it the most widespread virus ever on the Chinese mainland.
"The worm is spreading every day," said Zhang Jian, director of the National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center, China's state-level anti-virus authority.
"Many Internet users report that they find three to five suspected junk mails every day when they open their e-mail accounts," Zhang said.
Spread by e-mail, the "Mydoom" virus has clogged China's Internet traffic by sending millions of junk messages through the country's network since its debut on the start of February.
"The worm spreads fast because Netizens don't even know they have been affected because the worm disguises itself better now," Zhang said.
Chen Feizhou, general manager of Kingsoft Corp's information security department, said the worm has become the most widespread one in history on the Chinese mainland.
"Most viruses would not affect many people two weeks after they started, but this one is obviously an exception," he said.
The infected message contains a 30-kilobyte file that, when launched on computers running Microsoft's Windows operating systems, can send out 100 infected e-mail messages in 30 seconds to addresses stored in the computer's address book and other documents.
The worm will eat up affected computers' resources to make them work at a slower speed. What's more serious, it will clog the network traffic and make the e-mail servers break down, leaving users unable to send or receive e-mails.
Three variants of the worm have appeared, making it difficult to recognize.
The subject line of the new variant is often "Hi" with the text message "wait for your answer."
The mail, usually with the names of senders you know, attaches itself to files with the extensions ".exe," ".scr," and ".zip."
Both Zhang and Chen advised e-mail users to download anti-virus programs and upgrade them regularly.
More than 80 percent of online computers on Chinese mainland were affected by computer worms or viruses last year, according to the Ministry of Pubic Security.
Here's more from Eastday English.
Mydoom worm still a threat to computers
A computer worm that started a month ago is still meandering its way into millions of computers, making it the most widespread virus ever on the Chinese mainland.
"The worm is spreading every day," said Zhang Jian, director of the National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center, China's state-level anti-virus authority.
"Many Internet users report that they find three to five suspected junk mails every day when they open their e-mail accounts," Zhang said.
Spread by e-mail, the "Mydoom" virus has clogged China's Internet traffic by sending millions of junk messages through the country's network since its debut on the start of February.
"The worm spreads fast because Netizens don't even know they have been affected because the worm disguises itself better now," Zhang said.
Chen Feizhou, general manager of Kingsoft Corp's information security department, said the worm has become the most widespread one in history on the Chinese mainland.
"Most viruses would not affect many people two weeks after they started, but this one is obviously an exception," he said.
The infected message contains a 30-kilobyte file that, when launched on computers running Microsoft's Windows operating systems, can send out 100 infected e-mail messages in 30 seconds to addresses stored in the computer's address book and other documents.
The worm will eat up affected computers' resources to make them work at a slower speed. What's more serious, it will clog the network traffic and make the e-mail servers break down, leaving users unable to send or receive e-mails.
Three variants of the worm have appeared, making it difficult to recognize.
The subject line of the new variant is often "Hi" with the text message "wait for your answer."
The mail, usually with the names of senders you know, attaches itself to files with the extensions ".exe," ".scr," and ".zip."
Both Zhang and Chen advised e-mail users to download anti-virus programs and upgrade them regularly.
More than 80 percent of online computers on Chinese mainland were affected by computer worms or viruses last year, according to the Ministry of Pubic Security.
