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The Internet threat alert status is currently normal. At present, no major epidemics or other serious incidents have been recorded by Kaspersky Lab’s monitoring service. Internet threat level: 1

Threat level 1

The Internet threat alert status is currently normal. At present, no major epidemics or other serious incidents have been recorded by Kaspersky Lab’s monitoring service.

Threat level 2

The Internet threat alert status is currently raised. At present, a malicious mass mailing or malware sample with previously unknown functionality has been detected.

Threat level 3

The Internet threat alert status is currently high. At present, there is a significant rise in reports of malware that exploits a critical vulnerability in the Windows operating system.

Threat level 4

The Internet threat alert status is currently critical. At present, malware levels are extremely high. Internet usage may be severely disrupted as the epidemic spreads.

Email-Worm.Win32.Warezov.nf

Email-Worm.Win32.Warezov.nf

04.19.07 06:52 GMT
Status : moderate risk

Kaspersky Lab has detected mass mailings of a new variant of Warezov, Email-Worm.Win32.Warezov.nf. At 8.00 Moscow Standard Time, 19 April 2007, 70-85% of the malicious content in mail traffic consisted of various forms of a new modification of Warezov - the Warezov.nf worm.

A few hours before this point, there was a noticeable increase in mail traffic of an earlier modification of Warezov - Warezov.do which featured in the October 2006 Top 20.

If you are using Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 or Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 with Proactive Protection turned on, new variants will be detected without the need to update your antivirus databases.

A full description of Email-Worm.Win32.Warezov.nf is now available in the Virus Encyclopaedia.