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Date: February 7, 2006
Virus Alert
This
is to inform that a computer virus called 'blackworm' has been activated
on 3rd February and would strike on third day of every month.
This virus destroys and overwrites the content of Word, Excel,
PowerPoint and PDF files. In the worst case it destroys and crashes the
computer system also. This virus is known by several names, including BlackWorm, Nyxem, Mywife, Work-Grew A, and Kama Sutra.
The virus spreads
through e-mail attachments or shared files and has dozens of subject
header variations, including one promising Karma Sutra themed pictures.
It also enters the address book of your email and propagates itself
through email to those addresses from your address book.
Once a system in the
network is infected,
the virus will start
deleting the files and will try to infect all shared file systems that
it has access to.
In this regard
IT Section
wants to reassure the office that we have been monitoring this virus in
the office for last week but nevertheless we would like to request all
Internet users not to open any unsolicited e-mails and attachments.
IT SECTION | 
