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<blockquote data-quote="Chevillac" data-source="post: 3189297" data-attributes="member: 553407">The worm was discovered on July 30 and also goes by the name of W32/Deletemp3.worm and W32/DelMP3-A. It is also capable of infecting Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, Server 2003, XP and Vista. Currently classed as Risk Level 1: Very Low on the Symantec website the worm spreads via removable flash drives. If autorun is enabled when you insert a USB flash device then the worm copies itself to your machine and then creates an Autorun file to ensure it continues to run every time the user boots.Speaking of the risk factor imposed by the new worm, senior consultant for Sophos, Garham Cluley has the following to say:“it’s not something we would lose an awful lot of sleep over, but there are some lessons that computer users should learn to minimize the chances of infection”To make your PC safer Cluley suggests disabling the autorun feature on your machine as both DVD and USB drives use this feature and it can help the spread of malicious software such as this.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chevillac, post: 3189297, member: 553407"] The worm was discovered on July 30 and also goes by the name of W32/Deletemp3.worm and W32/DelMP3-A. It is also capable of infecting Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, Server 2003, XP and Vista. Currently classed as Risk Level 1: Very Low on the Symantec website the worm spreads via removable flash drives. If autorun is enabled when you insert a USB flash device then the worm copies itself to your machine and then creates an Autorun file to ensure it continues to run every time the user boots. Speaking of the risk factor imposed by the new worm, senior consultant for Sophos, Garham Cluley has the following to say: “it’s not something we would lose an awful lot of sleep over, but there are some lessons that computer users should learn to minimize the chances of infection” To make your PC safer Cluley suggests disabling the autorun feature on your machine as both DVD and USB drives use this feature and it can help the spread of malicious software such as this. [/QUOTE]

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