According to Kaspersky Lab (June 5, 2008), the new Virus.Win32.Gpcode.ak variant is said to take your personal files hostage by encrypting them with a 1024-bit key, a huge upgrade from the previous Gpcode variant which was using a 660-bit key.
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Happy Valentine’s day! But there won’t be any love in your mail box. Several security blogs alerted users on the 2nd wave of Valentine’s Day virus spam. The first wave was reported in January. Here’s the direct links to the latest report:
See images of Valentine’s card used on the malicious site.
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Masato Nakatsuji, 24 created a virus based on the Japanese tv anime “Clannad” and released it on the P2P network threatening to kill P2P sharers. He was arrested not because he wrote the virus but because of copyright infringement. It is said that two other middle-aged man also help in the released on the Clannad virus.
Watch out mobile phone users of Symbian version S60 and above! A new variant of Besselo is making its round through MMS and Bluetooth. If someone is trying to send you any of the following media file with name beauty.jpg, sex.mp3, and love.rm, please do not accept it. If you’re interested in a protection software for your mobile, do try out Kaspersky Anti-virus Mobile or F-Secure Mobile Anti-virus for a 30-days period.
