The destructive deadline of the Nyxem.E worm is based on the clock of the infected machine. So if you’re infected and your clock is not set right, things could start to happen at any time – even though the official activation time is the 3rd of the month. F secure have already received first reports

Kaspersky Lab intercepted a new variant of GPCode, Virus.Win32.GPCode.ac. This program, like its predecessors, encrypts users’ files. The author of the program demands payment for decrypting the files. The new variant of GPCode was widely spammed throughout the Russian segement of the Internet. In spite of our warnings not to open attachments to email if

F-secure has information on a fairly aggressive new email virus. Their name for it is VB.bi although it’s aliases are…. W32.Blackmal.E@mm, WORM_GREW.A, W32/Nyxem-D, Email-Worm.Win32.VB.bi depending on which AV vendor you check with. It’s a worm as well, in that it tries to spread through remote shares. It attempts to disable antivirus software as well. Here

F-Secure is warning about ads for a “leaked version” of Windows Messenger 8 beta. There is no public beta of this and it is a virus. If you download and run BETA8WEBINSTALL.EXE, you won’t get a new chat client. Instead, your existing MSN Messenger will start to send download links to everyone in your contact

A new Beagle/Bagle variant is making the rounds. It comes in an almost empty email, as a ZIP attachment containing the worm as an EXE. The attachment name, email subject and sole text content of the email all seem to be male or female names. Keep your eyes peeled, especially if your users are reading