According to different blogs, Google, Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) sent an email worm to some 50,000 subscribers of Google Video on Tuesday.
The Kama Sutra email worm, aka W32/Kapser.A, is affecting the infected computers by overwriting files on a specific date. Cleverly, the worm disguises itself as pornographic content in order to spread itself. From what I've read, the worm hadn't cause actual damage.
I looked into this further and found the email Google sent the group regarding the matter. The email acknowledges that three postings to the group (emails sent out to the group's subscribers) should not have been sent. After suggesting a course of action, the email concluded with an apology from the Google Video Team.
While the video group is relatively small with just over 50,000 subscribers, this should not happen. More than that, this should not happen to Google. Of course, no one is completely infallible, but if I had my computer infected because an error Google made, rest assured I would do more than just stop using Google's services.
Subscribers, beware. Google, beware too!
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