Quick Heal Circular about Win32.Blackmal.F
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Here is the message I got from Quick Heal Support Team about the virus Win32.Blackmal.F that is spreading across the globe very fast.
NAME: Win32.Blackmal.F
Alias:CME-24,
Email-Worm.Win32.Nyxem.e,
W32/MyWife.d@MM,
W32/Small.KI@mm,
W32/Nyxem-D,
WORM_GREW.A
A new worm is spreading at an alarming rate. The worm is already reported to infect many computers through out the continents. The most prominent countries affected by this worm are India, Peru, Italy, US.
The worm has a dangerous payload which triggers on 3rd day of each month. This worm will delete all the documents, worksheets, presentations, compressed backup files from the infected system.
Solution for Win32.Blackmal.F is provided in the update released on 17th Jan and in updates released since then. All users of Quick Heal having virus latest virus database date are protected from this worm.
We request all Quick Heal users to ensure that all their copies are updated to latest virus database date and scan their system thoroughly.
Kindly take care of your unprotected PCs and PCs where the subscription has expired. For more details please visit http://www.quickheal.co.in
If you have any queries please write to support@quickheal.com
Thanking you,
Quick Heal Team.
The removal tool for this virus is available here
