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Nyxem has been programmed to delete a number of common document format files such as Power Point presentations, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, Adobe Acrobat PDFs, zipped and PSD files starting on the 3rd of February and the third of every month thereafter. Besides destroying files, the worm also attempts to disable anti-virus software so that it stops updating, delete important Windows registry entries and it can also disable the mouse and keyboard of infected PCs. It has also been reported that some Internet users have already lost important files after becoming infected by the Nyxem worm mainly because the clock time on their computer was wrong. Many users have had to reformat their hard drive as well. Business - List of business/finance/loan/mortgage resources Computers - List of computer hardware/software/peripheral resources Internet - List of webhosting/webdesign/internet marketing resources Software - List of software resources Web Design - List of web design/development resources Web Hosting - List of web hosting resources Web Promotion - List of search engine optimization/internet marketing resources Web Resources - List of other web resources Recreation - List of travel/hotel/cruise resources Casino - List of online gambling/poker/blackjack/roulette resources Health - List of online pharmacy/hospital/health resources Shopping - List of online shopping/gift resources Miscellaneous - List of all other resources not stated above Many antivirus manufacturers have already released patches for Nyxem, but it is estimated that thousands of computers are still infected. Most of these infected PCs are believed to be located in India, Turkey and Peru but many other computer systems worldwide could be hit since the Nyxem virus will attempt to mail copies of itself to contacts in a user's address book.The worm also tries to spread through the same local network as any computer it has compromised.
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