Here's some info from the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4661582.stm
"PC users have been urged to scan their computers before 3 February to avoid falling victim to a destructive virus.
On that date the Nyxem virus is set to delete Word, Powerpoint, Excel and Acrobat files on infected machines. (Plus Access, Powerpoint, Photoshop, and Zip Archives too)
Like many recent viruses, Nyxem tries to spread by making people open attachments on e-mail messages that are infected with the destructive code.
The subject lines and body text of the various messages Nyxem uses vary, but many falsely claim that pornographic videos and pictures are in the attachments.
On infected machines the virus raids address books to find e-mail addresses to send itself to.
The virus also tries to spread by searching for machines on the same local network as any computer it has compromised.
Anti-virus companies have stopped lots of copies, suggesting it had infected a large number of computers."
Be sure your antivirus software is up to date and run a full scan!
Bill
This message was edited Jan 30, 2006 10:42 PM
New Windows Virus set to delete your data files this week...
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