ZDnet reported:
A virus named Nyxem.E has infected some 300,000 systems, according to a Lurhq analysis of logs from a Web site statistic counter that the worm uses to keep track of its spread. It has a dangerous payload. If the date is equal to 3 (3rd of February, 3rd of March, etc) and the worm's UPDATE.EXE file is run, it destroys files with extensions *.doc, *.xls, *.mdb, *.mde, *.ppt, *.pps, *.zip, *.rar, *.pdf, *.psd, *.dmp on all available drives according to F-Secure.
F-Secure provides an utility called F-Force to clean Nyxem.e infection from a computer.
The Internet community will not know the scale of the February attack until it occurs. It depends on how many hosts are infected.
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At the moment it's just sitting there quietly, and we won't know how many home users have been infected until Feb. 3.
A virus named Nyxem.E has infected some 300,000 systems, according to a Lurhq analysis of logs from a Web site statistic counter that the worm uses to keep track of its spread. It has a dangerous payload. If the date is equal to 3 (3rd of February, 3rd of March, etc) and the worm's UPDATE.EXE file is run, it destroys files with extensions *.doc, *.xls, *.mdb, *.mde, *.ppt, *.pps, *.zip, *.rar, *.pdf, *.psd, *.dmp on all available drives according to F-Secure.
F-Secure provides an utility called F-Force to clean Nyxem.e infection from a computer.