A new computer virus called "Netsky-D" is spreading around the world after its appearance on Monday. This worm is very difficult to destroy because it hits the mailboxes and uses a variety of headings like "re: details" or "re: here is the document".
Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for antispyware and antispyware company Sophos Plc, said: "Netsky-D hides in .pif attachments and it has spread extremely extensively. "
When the user opens the message, the virus in the pif file will clone itself, causing the computer and bandwidth to slow down. "We think users are more subjective than pif files because they may not have heard about them and do not know they are capable of containing malicious code," Cluley said. This file type is to delete it, do not open it! "
Netsky-B, a variant of the latest worm, was named the third most dangerous computer virus in February, after MyDoom-A and Sober-C, according to Sophos.
Experts say the new virus is not as damaging as MyDoom, which wreaks havoc on networked computers around the world and attacks the Microsoft Web site. However, at its peak, Netsky-D could spread throughout North America.
