“Reports of the Explorer Zip “worm,” a computer bug that
destroys files and data, spread through U.S. corporations on
Wednesday, but security firms said damage to systems has so far
been limited.”
“It is in the wild; it’s growing,” said Keith Peer, President of
Central Command Inc. an Ohio-based Anti-virus consultant. “We are
getting infection reports as we speak… (about) one to five calls
(from clients) per hour.”
“But while dozens of instances of the infected e-mail have been
reported, serious damage — system shutdowns or network outages,
for example — are rare so far.”