Internet Worm Attacking Devotees' Computers

Internet Worm Attacking Devotees' Computers
By Vipramukhya Swami

CHAKRA (Bhaktivedanta Manor, England) - July 4, 2001: A GBC member has discovered that a hacker has been sending devotees an “Internet worm” which has the ability to replace files on the hard disk, and break the security of devotees' email system. “Even if we are sending encrypted messages, the contents of our hard disk may be going out over the internet to someone who is intercepting them,” writes GBC member Bir Krishna Goswami, who allowed us to print the article on CHAKRA.

Bir Krishna Goswami advises everyone to immediately run a virus checking program. “Make sure the program is completely up to date as this worm has just been discovered recently,” he says.

“Once discovered, getting rid of it takes about an hour and involves replacing files on your hard disk.”

One of the alleged things that the Internet worm does is to make it difficult or impossible to access the anti virus sites on the Internet.

“Please check your computer immediately and in the future never, never open any file from anyone who you do not know,” Bir Krishna Goswami says.

© CHAKRA 4-July-2001

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