China has been informed about the latest computer worm is a virus update from the Panda Burning Incense. According to a report from McAfee, the virus has infected millions of PCs in the country 3 years ago. Original Panda worm according to McAfee’s also known as Fujacks, which caused damage to coincide with the time when the public aware of online security vulnerabilities, and finally caught the virus writers in 2007.
“The virus is more complex than the rootkit.” Said Vu Nguyen, a researcher from McAfee Labs. The first Panda worm can change icons that have been infected with a pictorial image of a panda holding 3 Joss-Stick. The same image can also be moved to another computer screen, but the main purpose of this worm is to install a Trojan to steal passwords.
As for this latest virus updates will directly attack the PC. According to Nguyen, vendors and Internet users China is now more careful with malware than a few years ago. This is because of the Panda worm.
