Google releases Kama Sutra worm
p2pnet.net News:- If there’s a sudden outbreak of W32/Kapser.A@mm, aka the Kama Sutra mass mailing worm, it could be down to Google’s Video Blog group.
Google recently sent an email polluted with the virus to about 50,000 members on an email discussion list, it has admitted.
“On Tuesday evening, three posts were made to the Google Video Blog-group that should not have been posted,” Google said in a statement quoted by the IDG News Service.
“If you think you have downloaded this virus from the group or an e-mail message, we recommend you run your antivirus program to remove it,” declared the statement, says IDG, adding:
“Google uses its Video Blog group to let subscribers know when “interesting and fun” videos have been highlighted on the Google Video Blog. E-mail to the group’s mailing list are posted by a handful of Google employees, called Google Video Team.
“This team was responsible for sending out the malicious e-mail Tuesday night, said Gabriel Stricker, a Google spokesman.”
The Kama Sutra worm, “kills antivirus processes and deletes files and registry keys belonging to antivirus and P2P programs,” says F-Prot. “On the 3rd day of every month if destroys some files on the infected system.”
Also See:
IDG News Service – Google Accidentally Sends Out Kama Sutra Worm, November 8, 2006
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