Originally posted by turbo_drift:
New virus?

Le's say if kena, what's the effect of the comp??
The virus isn't new, but has been spreading for quite a while already. It has gotten way too nasty.
The effects... there are quite a few, but I will say the worst. In any case, the worst requires you to reformat and reinstall the machine. Recommended... if don't want, can try to fix.
1. Computer being controlled by hackers. Your computer will be part of a botnet. A botnet is network of zombie computers. This means the computer is no longer belonging to the user, but the hacker. By being part of this botnet, your computer will be doing the following illegal things:
a) sending out spam emails
b) performing a DDoS on a website or machine
c) hacking another machine
2. This is closely related to point 1. If you ever receive any warning from your ISP about hacking or sending out spam mails, but virus scans and all kinds of scans turn out clean, you have a rootkit on your machine. Go Wikipedia to find out what a rootkit is.
3. Passwords and usernames stolen.