Nyxem claimed up to 946,835 victims
Although the Nyxem.E worm caused very little actual damage, researchers estimate that the worm infected between 469,507 and 946,835 systems from 15 January to 1 February.
Nyxem.E was designed to overwrite several document types including Word and Excel files on an infected system on the third day of every month, beginning last Friday.
The worm spreads through spam email messages promising pornographic pictures.
The malware is considered rare because infected systems make a single call back to a website, providing the worm author and security researchers with information about its proliferation.
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Although the Nyxem.E worm caused very little actual damage, researchers estimate that the worm infected between 469,507 and 946,835 systems from 15 January to 1 February.
Nyxem.E was designed to overwrite several document types including Word and Excel files on an infected system on the third day of every month, beginning last Friday.
The worm spreads through spam email messages promising pornographic pictures.
The malware is considered rare because infected systems make a single call back to a website, providing the worm author and security researchers with information about its proliferation.
For more infos, click here
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