Warning! another Windows virus

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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.

Nyxem is thought to have caught out many people by promising ###### 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.

NYXEM VIRUS FILE TARGETS:

DMP - Oracle files

DOC - Word document

MDB - Microsoft Access

MDE - Microsoft Access/Office

PDF - Adobe Acrobat

PPS - PowerPoint slideshow

PPT - PowerPoint

PSD - Photoshop

RAR - Compressed archive

XLS - Excel spreadsheet

ZIP - Compressed file

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4661582.stm

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Now I am in the midst of a headache of a virus that stops anitvirus programmes from running. and it closes down IE when it goes into any anit-virus related website.

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U can backup all data and do a clean installation of OS.

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Now I am in the midst of a headache of a virus that stops anitvirus programmes from running. and it closes down IE when it goes into any anit-virus related website.

haha.. this is cute

are u able to ID the virus from the process list?

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Not really.

Suspect it is look2me, but not consperm yet. Need to wait till tomorrow then I know.