Zafi-B worm calls for death penalty.Sophos are warning computer users of the Zafi-B worm worm, common name for various unrelated invertebrate animals with soft, often long and slender bodies. Members of the phylum Platyhelminthes, or the flatworms, are the most primitive; they are generally small and flat-bodied and include the free-living planarians (of (W32/Zafi-B) which has accounted for 60 per cent of all reported viruses since it first appeared on Friday II June. Zafi-B spreads itself by email and peer-to-peer filesharing systems, and is using a wide variety of different languages. The worm can display a message box on screen containing Hungarian text [translated below]: 'We demand that the government accommodates the homeless, tightens up the penal code penal code n. A body of laws relating to crimes and offenses and the penalties for their commission. penal code Noun the body of laws relating to crime and punishment Noun 1. and VOTES FOR THE DEATH PENALTY to cut down the increasing crime. Jun. 2004, Pecs (SNAF snaf - chad Team)' The Zafi-B worm is believed to have been written in Hungary, but can send itself via email using a variety of languages. Its predecessor, Zafi-A, displayed a message calling for Hungarian patriotism Patriotism See also Chauvinism, Loyalty. America, Captain comic-strip character known as the “protector of the American way.” [Comics: Horn, 155–156] American elm traditional symbol of American patriotism. . www.sophos.com |
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