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Jan 30 2006

Countdown for nasty Windows virus

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On that date the Nyxem virus is set to delete Word, Powerpoint, Excel and Acrobat files on infected machines.

 

Nyxem is thought to have caught out many people by promising porn to those who open the attachments on e-mail messages carrying the virus.

 

Anti-virus companies have stopped lots of copies, suggesting it had infected a large number of computers.

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