Nyxem destruction begins early
News The Nyxem virus has started wiping crucial files from infected PCs, several days earlier than expected. Nyxem is programmed to delete Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF files on 3 February, giving infected users less than two days to clean up their...
[February 1, 2006, 16:30]
Nyxem virus set to bite next week
News Businesses have been warned to brace themselves for a possible traffic spike next week caused by the Nyxem virus. The Nyxem virus was first reported on 16 January. Security company F-Secure has reported that Nyxem.E reached the top position in its...
[January 26, 2006, 16:50]
All quiet on the Nyxem front
News The Nyxem worm, which was expected to start deleting files on infected computers on Friday morning, appears to have caused little damage. Once active, Nyxem overwrites all Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF file types on a compromised PC.
[February 3, 2006, 12:05]
Identify/React Chart: Blackmal.E/F, BlackWorm, Tearec.a, Nyxem-D/E, WORM_GREW and MyWife.d/e
White Papers This two-page chart puts critical information for identifying and removing the Blackmal.E/F, BlackWorm, Tearec.a, Nyxem-D/E, WORM_GREW and MyWife.d/e virus right at your fingertips. Known by various names, this is a mass-mailing and network share...
[May 20, 2006, 1:00]
Nyxem destruction begins early
Talkback Olavi Petri wrote: As usually Mac, Linux, BSD, QNX, BeOS, are all unaffected. Only MS' defective products are on the line here. Of course. The virus is only aimed at Windows.
[February 3, 2006, 12:51]
Nyxem destruction begins early
Talkback As usually Mac, Linux, BSD, QNX, BeOS, are all unaffected. Only MS' defective products are on the line here. How about at least a nod to these immune systems?
[February 1, 2006, 18:36]
Easynet sends warnings to virus victims
News A UK Internet Service Provider (ISP) is contacting customers it believes may be infected with the Nyxem virus. When a computer is infected by Nyxem, it visits an online Web counter that counts how many PCs have been infected.
[January 30, 2006, 10:55]
ISPs should provide a service, not just Internet
Leader Now, the Nyxem virus has infected hundreds of thousands of PCs, and on 3 February it will start deleting crucial data. They might be unfashionable, but they haven't gone away. While phishing and zombies and other horrors have stolen the headlines...
[February 1, 2006, 16:10]
Virus crashes stock exchange systems
News It was "ironic that while people were worrying about Nyxem, a stock exchange was disrupted," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for antivirus vendor Sophos. The Russian Trading System (RTS) was forced to cease trading for an hour on...
[February 3, 2006, 16:25]
Change of tactics in war on viruses
News We actually saw and reported an occurrence of Nyxem on 16 January, and developed a signature for it then. With increasingly diversified threats and a splintered antivirus industry, some security providers are arguing that mainstream antivirus...
[March 1, 2006, 14:35]
