Gnutella Affected by Worm

Gnutella, the newest of the file-sharing programs used by people to swap MP3s and other media, has been struck with a virus of its own. The worm, dubbed VBS_Gnutellaworm by Trend Micro, has an array of 23 different names it can be transferred under, and carries a nondestructive payload. It simply copies itself into the Gnutella directory on the affected computers hard drive, and proceeds to use the .ini file to upload itself to other users and then modifies the database to include itself in the users downloadable files. The following string is found in the virus code, "If I was a naughty boy, I could use scripting to get name, email, whatever file I want." For more information about VBS_Gnutellaworm, visit Trend Micro.