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New worm keeps changing its name
A nasty new virus that is smart enough to evade anti-virus software by continuously changing its name is on the loose. Anti-virus firm Trend Micro said the bug — called "NEWLOVE," but unrelated to the recent ILOVEYOU virus — has hit one U.
A nasty new virus that is smart enough to evade anti-virus software by continuously changing its name is on the loose. Anti-virus firm Trend Micro said the bug — called "NEWLOVE," but unrelated to the recent ILOVEYOU virus — has hit one U.S. firm, attacking 5,000 machines. NEWLOVE carries a much more dangerous payload than ILOVEYOU: it will delete all files on the victim's machine and all files on any network drives connected to that machine. Full story to follow. -- Bob Sullivan, MSNBC