Computer Grinch

Warning to all the Whos in Who-ville: From high up in his cave on Mt Crumpit the Computer Grinch has stuck again. This time the curmudgeon has cooked up a new virus especially for the holiday season. It is called “Zafi” (where do these virus names come from?). Zafi pretends to be an e-mail with holiday greetings. The worm appears with “Happy Holidays” in the body of the e-mail accompanied by a phony link to a holiday postcard. You think… “how nice… someone with a dog named Max sent me a Seasons Greeting card…I hope it is a musical one”. Wrong! When the user clicks on the postcard link the virus infects the computer. Oh yes, he's a mean one Mr Grinch. But the Computer Grinch isn’t happy ruining just one Whos holiday. “Zafi” spreads using e-mail addresses from the computer it infects. To quote Cindy Lou Who … “enjoy the holidays, but be on the look out for Zafi”.