“We upgraded it to high risk late on Friday after it infected a
number of global companies based in the US,” Jack Clark, European
product manager at Network Associates, told vnunet.com.”
“In the past, when these companies have become infected the
virus soon reaches Europe, and sure enough our labs have reported
six European corporates have been infected. At the moment we’re
seeing a steady rate of infection, but it could turn into an
outbreak,” he added.”
“Vendors have warned there is likely to be an increase in the
number of virus infections in the run-up to Christmas as authors
try to capitalise on festive staff dropping their guard. Worms
based on Christmas cards and Christmas carols have already been
seen.”