Google sends out Kama Sutra worm

THE SEARCH OUTFIT Google accidentally sent out an e-mail containing the Kama Sutra worm to 50,000 members of one of its Video Blog forum.

According to Network World, Google has admitted that three posts were made to the Google Video Blog-group that should not have been.

The posts contained a virus called W32/Kapser.A@mm, which is a mass mailing worm better known by the name Kama Sutra.

The worm is so old it is blocked by most antivirus checkers and quite how a high-tech outfit like Google could have been infected by it is a bit of a mystery. Apparently the post was sent by the Google Video Team, so it must have infected one of their computers.

Sophos security expert Graham Cluley told Network World that this sort of thing happens. Even mailing lists run by security firms have sometimes accidentally had malware posted to them. We wonder who he means. µ

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networkworld.com