Google Emails the Kama Sutra Worm!

Google has accidentally sent out an email containing the W32/Kasper.A@mm alias the "Kama Sutra" worm, a mass mailing worm, to nearly 50,000 members of a Google Video Blog group.

A statement posted on the Google Web site, attributed to the Google Video Team, says that some posts made to the Google Video Blog on Tuesday evening may have contained the "Kama Sutra" worm. The statement advises users to run antivirus programs to remove the worm, if they think they have downloaded it either from the group or the email.

A group used by Google to let subscribers know when "fun" videos are highlighted on it, any additions to this Google Video Blog are informed to subscribers via an email to the group's mailing list that is posted by none other than the Google Video Team.

An alarm was raised about the "Kama Sutra" worm in February this year, however it ultimately died down without causing much harm. The worm, as its name suggests, spreads under the guise of pornographic content, and was designed to overwrite files on infected computers on specific dates.

Of the latest episode, a Google spokesperson said that the Google Video Team was responsible for accidentally sending out the malicious email, but that now things are under control so as to prevent a re-run of the episode.

Google, of late, has been witness to many glitches. Just last month, there were reports of hackers having found a way to publish a fake post on Google's official Blog.

Meanwhile, Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant, Sophos, is of the opinion that Google isn't the only company to accidentally distribute malware on a mailing list, and that even security firms manage to do it at times.

Source : http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Google_Emails_the_Kama_Sutra_Worm/551-77099-643.html