Virus Alert: Yarner worm threatens German inboxes

NEWS A new mass-mailing worm is wreaking havoc for German Microsoft users, pretending to be an official message from popular German anti-virus site Trojaner-Info. Called Yarner the worm deletes all files in a victim's C: drive, before attempting to mail itself to everyone in the victim's Outlook address book. First discovered yesterday, anti-virus experts do not expect the threat to UK businesses to be huge because the virus is written in German, for a German audience. However, experts are warning all users to be wary of any emails purporting to be from Trojaner-Info. The worm has "Trojaner-Info Newsletter" plus the current day's date in the subject line.