From the Dark Side--New Xmas Virus Clogs Servers and Email Boxes

A new virus affecting Windows was unleashed Wednesday according to this Yahoo News article.

The W32/Zafi-D worm, which originated in Hungary, is using mass-mailing and P2P (peer-to-peer) techniques to squirm through in-boxes and slow network traffic to a crawl.

Once executed, Zafi-D copies itself to the Windows system folder with the filename "Norton Update.exe." It then creates a number of files in the Windows system folder with filenames consisting of eight random characters and a DLL extension.

The worm has been programmed to harvest e-mail addresses from the Windows Address Book.

Thanks for allowing this early Xmas present, Microsoft. [Dana Baggett]