The search giant has accidentally sent an email containing this dangerous worm to . 50,000 members of Google Video Blog.
" Last Wednesday night, Google Video Blog had 3 new posts that should not have appeared ," a Google spokesman said.
" They contain a bulk mail virus called W32/Kasper.A@mm . If you think you have downloaded this virus to your computer via email or by accessing the above posts, We recommend that you run your antivirus program ".
E-Mail is dangerous
Source: Reuters W32 / Kasper.A also has a more common name than the Kama Sutra worm. First discovered in January this year, the worm wipes files and registry passwords on infected systems. Fortunately, most current antivirus software blocks it.
Google uses the Video Blog group feature to notify users of "funny and interesting" videos that are the focus on Google Video Blog. And email has just been sent to the mailing list of 50,000 members by the Google employees sent.
Google said that this number of employees (under Google Video Team) will be completely responsible for the incident.
Recently, Google has been continuously involved in many technical problems that, according to many experts, the main reason is because of its rapid growth, "bottleneck" in the past few years. A month ago, hackers succeeded in posting a fake post on Google's official blog. In addition, the company's Blogger service also several times died causing users to be bored.
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Google spread ... Kama Sutra worm?
The search giant has accidentally sent an email containing this dangerous worm to ... 50,000 members of Google Video Blog.
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