Google posts Kama Sutra worm
November 9, 2006
By John Leyden, The Register


Link: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/09/google_kam_sutra_worm_snafu/

Google has admitted that three posts on the Google Video group blog on 
Tuesday evening were contaminated with the Kama Sutra (AKA Kapster-A) worm. 
The offending posts have now been deleted.

It's unclear how many subscribers to the 50,000 member list became infected 
as a result of the SNAFU. Google advises cocerned subscribers to run an 
anti-virus check.

The Kama Sutra worm is a mass mailiing worm, discovered in January 2006, 
which deletes the registry keys of anti-virus and P2P programs from infected 
PCs. The worm is also programed to delete system files on the third day of 
every month. The worm, which spreads in the guise of offering pornographic 
content, never spread very far and was never considered much of a threat.

Google has apologised over the incident and promised to take steps to make 
sure something similar doesn't happen again.