Those seeking love online may wind up with a virus instead..hey wake up

Anti-virus authorities in China have warned computer users worldwide to beware of Valentine's Day computer viruses.

Valentine's Day computer viruses, especially “Vbs_Valentin.A,” spread chiefly through emails or online chat systems; Xinhua quoted China National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center experts, as saying.

According to experts, other viruses like “Worm-blebla.B” and “VBS-ILoveyou” are also likely to attack computers if users open emails or attachments disguised with Valentine blessings for February 14.

The W32.Yaha.K@mm virus is also known as the Valentine's Day virus. W32.Yaha.K@mm is the latest in a long string W32.Yaha virus that have been discovered over the last year. The latest version may include a payload (i.e. attachment) of a screensaver that is named Valentin.scr. Unfortunately, the message it delivers is not warm-fuzzies from a loved one, but pain and suffering from a virus author.

W32.Yaha is a fairly nasty virus. It is capable of disabling several antivirus and firewall products if it can infect the host systems before it is detected. It is delivered primarily as an e-mail with a script attachment. It even includes its own SMTP server so it can send itself to other victims without relying upon the current victim's e-mail configuration.

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