Sunday, October 16, 2005
Avian-I Love You PC Virus
Copenhagen - Computer users were on high alert yesterday after an outbreak of a mutant PC virus. The Avian-I Love You virus clogged the internet worldwide. The virus infects computers and networks alike. How contracted has not yet been identified.
Currently, limited information is available about the new virus. Anti-virus software makers and providers are working around the clock to determine how to combat the virus and prevent its spread. The first reported attacks of the Avian-I Love You virus was experienced by the Danish telecom giant Eritas, LLC.
"What we have is a new, emerging, avian flu virus that, rather than infect people, took a left turn and selected instead computers and networks to be it's host. This virus is several steps ahead of current anti-virus products," said Jim McJim, Chairman of McJim Network Solutions, from his London office. McJim strongly suspects the Avian-I Love You virus is fowl-terrorist related.
They way the virus works is, once your PC or network is infected with the Avian-I Love You virus, it takes over the hard drive or network. The virus then surrounds those environments with something similar to an egg shell, taking control of the system. If that happens, your system is ruined forever. Hackers call it 'laying an egg'. Says McJim, "What we don't yet know is, how it is contracted."
The key in avoiding the virus is early detection according to Dr. Leather Hockleer of The Hockleer Institute. A combination of the avian flu virus and original I Love You virus, the new strain is a ticking time bomb. "Jim is right on the money that this virus is one bad egg, so to speak," said Hockleer.
"This is one egg that shouldn't hatch," intones McJim, "it's no yoke."
©2005
Co-Written With S.T. Miller
Currently, limited information is available about the new virus. Anti-virus software makers and providers are working around the clock to determine how to combat the virus and prevent its spread. The first reported attacks of the Avian-I Love You virus was experienced by the Danish telecom giant Eritas, LLC.
"What we have is a new, emerging, avian flu virus that, rather than infect people, took a left turn and selected instead computers and networks to be it's host. This virus is several steps ahead of current anti-virus products," said Jim McJim, Chairman of McJim Network Solutions, from his London office. McJim strongly suspects the Avian-I Love You virus is fowl-terrorist related.
They way the virus works is, once your PC or network is infected with the Avian-I Love You virus, it takes over the hard drive or network. The virus then surrounds those environments with something similar to an egg shell, taking control of the system. If that happens, your system is ruined forever. Hackers call it 'laying an egg'. Says McJim, "What we don't yet know is, how it is contracted."
The key in avoiding the virus is early detection according to Dr. Leather Hockleer of The Hockleer Institute. A combination of the avian flu virus and original I Love You virus, the new strain is a ticking time bomb. "Jim is right on the money that this virus is one bad egg, so to speak," said Hockleer.
"This is one egg that shouldn't hatch," intones McJim, "it's no yoke."
©2005
Co-Written With S.T. Miller
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