Dangerous virus Halogen pig activity frequently Linux etc system not affected

Shanghai Computer Virus Prevention Service center recently issued a warning: a recent pass U disk, mobile disk and other mobile storage devices spread the dangerous virus "halogen pig" (WIN32.IUHZU.A) activities frequently, users in the use of mobile storage devices in the process of infection once the virus, May cause the system to run abnormally or even crash and other serious consequences.

It is reported that the virus mainly attacks Windows 2000,windows xp,windows Server 2003, such as Microsoft operating system, Macintosh,unix,linux and other systems are not affected.

From the Shanghai Information Service hotline, such as anti-virus agencies, "halogen pig" virus will be in the system directory to generate the name "Progmon.exe" "Internt.exe" and other files, it will copy itself to the hard disk of each partition root directory, trying to pass the U disk, Mobile storage devices such as removable drives are propagated. The virus guesses the passwords of other computers in the local area network and tries to spread them over the LAN share. The virus infects the EXE format executable file on the user's computer, causing the user's system to run abnormally or even crash. Experts suggest that computer users should not randomly open an unknown executable file, the use of mobile storage devices to first virus scanning.