Got Infected !!!

Just got infected by a new variety of worm…

Here’s an info about the worm from GRISOFT.

Pazetus Worm

This type of virus spreads across local networks or through internet via shares disks. The virus searches for computers in its “neighborhood” with shared network drives and then copies itself on them.

For prevention as far as possible do not share whole disks, but only selected folders. It is also advisable to use passwords on shared folders.

We recommend you remove binding to “File and printer sharing” in Bindings Tab under TCP/IP Properties for all TCP/IP protocols (the TCP/IP protocol is usually defined for every LAN or Dial-Up adapter).

Peer-to-peer networks

Next most common method of spreading is by “peer-to-peer” networks (like KaZaA), the virus creates a few copies of itself in folders within the P2P shared system. If these files have got alluring names then there is a good chance somebody will download these files and execute them.

It’s a good think there’s NOD32 Antivirus System installed in the computer laboratory in this institution. My flash disk has been cleaned. But I’m thinkin’ of also gettin’ this checked with AVG and Norton to be completely sure.  Don’t wanna infect my own PC at home…