“Malicious ‘worm’ capable of destroying data on infected
machines is spreading.“
“It was not immediately clear how far the ‘Worm.ExploreZip’
program – which replicates itself by commandeering Microsoft
Outlook on Windows systems – had spread since it was reported
to Symantec Corp.’s AntiVirus Research Center on Sunday.”
“If the file is executed on a Windows 9x system, the worm copies
itself to the c:windowssystem directory with the filename
‘Explore.exe’ and then modifies the WIN.INI file so that the
program is executed each time Windows is started, the advisory
says.”