Virus family welcomes first child of 2004: Jitux.A. This worm began to spread from yesterday and spread through Microsoft's MSN Messenger program, has not yet harmed. When compromised, a file is permanently resident in the computer memory. Every five minutes, it automatically sends messages to MSN Messenger victims, asking them to download the jituxramon.exe file containing the code deep. 2003 is the year the virus is rampant unprecedented. Although not dangerous and can be eliminated by many common killers, Jitux.A. signaling a new year full of difficulties in the field of network security. In addition to Jitux.A, the Trend Micro antivirus company has warned a more dangerous name: PE_QUIS.A (also known as W32.HLLP.Belzy@mm by Synmantec). This worm spreads through Outlook as an e-mail message titled "Merry Chrismas!" And attach a screensaver called xmas.scr. It penetrates all .exe files in the My Documents folder and C: progra ~ 1mirc folders. One of its baffles is to overwrite the "Jingle Bells" melody on the ringtone file (with the .rtx extension). When the infected system starts, Windows will launch itself starup.exe and notify the user of their status. Virus asks the victim to solve a quiz then it forgives them. The questions include: "What kind of animals does Santa travel to?", "Which season do I hate most?" (Winter), "Where do I live?" (Belgium - perhaps this is the nationality of virus writers ... When completed, the program will guide users to access a website with information promising deep removal.
