[Am-info] E-mail virus picks up speed

[Roy Bixler]

On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 08:42:45PM -0500, Erick Andrews wrote:
> Ho, hum.  Aren't you glad you don't use Windows?
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2621419.stm
> 
> The virus is a version of the Yaha worm which first appeared in
> February.

The nicest part of this article is the beginning:

    A new virus which first appeared just before Christmas is
    infecting thousands of computers across the world.

    The spread of the Windows e-mail worm, called Yaha.K, has led
    anti-virus firms to classify it as a high risk.

They actually explicitly mention that it's a Windows virus.  They
didn't mention that in past articles, so it's nice to see it now.  I
hope they make it a regular pattern to mention the platform the virus
needs in order to spread.

R.