The Navidad virus which appeared two years ago around Christmas, is back in a new shape and no anti-virus program is able to stop it yet, according to virus analysts from MessageLabs. While most of the attacks were reported in the UK, there has been more than 2,000 attacks in the Last 24 Hours.
"This file has been compressed into a different format - essentially just packaged differently - so a lot of the scanners just didn't pick it up. It's been fooling a lot of people, said Mark Tosh, virus expert from MessageLabs. The virus uses e-mail addresses from Outlook address book to spread messages, causing overload and crash of mail servers. "All the major anti-virus vendors are now detecting it, so users need to ensure their anti-virus software is up-to-date."
"This file has been compressed into a different format - essentially just packaged differently - so a lot of the scanners just didn't pick it up. It's been fooling a lot of people, said Mark Tosh, virus expert from MessageLabs. The virus uses e-mail addresses from Outlook address book to spread messages, causing overload and crash of mail servers. "All the major anti-virus vendors are now detecting it, so users need to ensure their anti-virus software is up-to-date."
