"New Happy Time" computer virus warned
( 2003-11-17 13:39) (Xinhua)
Chinese experts have warned individuals and
institutions of paying more attention to a computer virus called "New Happy
Time".
The virus, or "VBS_Redlof.A, VBS_KJ.A", which was first found in April 2002
and ranked the first among the top ten computer viruses in 2003 by the National
Computer Virus Emergency Response Center, has been spreading on the Internet and
caused great damages, said Liang Hong, an expert with the center.
The virus spreads through two e-mail systems of Microsoft, Outlook and
Outlook Express. Virus-carrying e-mails had no attachment.
When a computer was infected with the "New Happy Time", two files, folder.htt
and desktop.htm would appear in the computer and made many files lost.
Some 85 percent of computers in China were affected by viruses this year,
1.59 percentage points higher than the level in 2002 and 25.57 percentage points
higher than 2001, according to the latest nationwide survey conducted by the
public information network security supervision bureau of the Ministry of Public
Security.
Downloading through the Internet, visiting websites, and opening e-mails tend
to be the main means for the spread of computer viruses, said the
survey.
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