Tuesday, November 23, 2004
This virus deletes data
Antivirus firm Panda reports a Spanish-language email virus which goes beyond the usual mischief and destroys data files. It chooses different subjects and messages when it mails out fresh copies of itself, but apparently always arrives in a .ZIP file.
A .ZIP file can contain anything. Don't open one unless you are expecting one and know what's in it.
The big US antivirus companies aren't yet mentioning this one on their web sites, at least not under the same name Panda uses for it. What that means to you is that your antivirus software may not yet know to look out for it.
Now I have a good excuse to remind you to back up your data.
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A .ZIP file can contain anything. Don't open one unless you are expecting one and know what's in it.
The big US antivirus companies aren't yet mentioning this one on their web sites, at least not under the same name Panda uses for it. What that means to you is that your antivirus software may not yet know to look out for it.
Now I have a good excuse to remind you to back up your data.
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