금요 컴바이러스 경고

대부분의 일반문서 파일을 파괴하는"blackworm"

바이러스"CME-24,""BlackWorm," "Mywife.E"가 금요일에

크게 활동할 것이라면서 바이러스 백신의 최신 버전 설치를 요구하며

특히 매월 3일에 활동하는 바이러스는 컴을 켜지않아도 감염이 되며

날짜 세팅이 풀어져있으면 이미 감염된 상태라는군요

Researchers Warn of File-Destroying Worm

By ANICK JESDANUN, AP Internet Writer Tue Jan 31, 1:23 PM ET

NEW YORK - If you have computer files you'd rather not lose, now is a good time to make sure your anti-virus

software is up to date. A worm set to activate Friday will corrupt documents using the most common file types,

including ".doc," ".pdf," and ".zip."

Hundreds of thousands of machines are believed to be infected, mostly in India, Peru, Turkey and Italy, said Mikko

Hypponen, chief research officer for Finnish security company F-Secure Corp. the worm, known as "CME-24,"

"BlackWorm," "Mywife.E" or a number of other monikers, even tries to disable anti-virus software that is out of date,

he said. Thus, users should make sure their software is turned on and has the latest definitions, generally available

for free from the software vendor's Web site. F-Secure also has created a free removal tool.

"If you are infected, and you find out about it today, you still have time to get rid of the virus," Hypponen said.

As worms go, the spread of BlackWorm is relatively low. But worms these days are generally designed to help

spammers and hackers carry out attacks, not to destroy files as this one does. So the impact this time may be

more severe. Microsoft Corp. issued an advisory Tuesday warning customers about the worm, which affects most

versions of its Windows operating system. Users should be safe if they have the latest anti-virus software or

if their computers are set with limited privileges, a common setting in larger organizations. They are vulnerable if they,

like many small business and home users, leave their computers set with full administrative rights.

And users should check the date on the computer. The worm hits the third of every month, so if the computer's local

calendar settings are off, Hypponen said, files may be destroyed sooner or later, even if the computer is never turned

on Friday.