At the beginning of this week, several information agencies published a press release issued by GFI, a Malta-based Internet software vendor, claiming that the company has discovered a hazardous new virus called Romeo&Juliet, which is being spread via e-mail at a reckless speed. The press release...
Originally, Kaspersky Lab discovered the virus known as I-Worm.BleBla (Verona) on November 16 in Poland. Later on that same day, after a comprehensive analysis had been conducted, an emergency update for the KasperskyTM Anti-Virus (AVP) database was released and immediately placed on the Kaspersky Lab Web site for the general user public to download.
"Obviously the name -Romeo&Juliet' sounds much more enchantingly literary, however, it doesn't change the virus' essence and doesn't make it more or less dangerous. It also doesn't change the fact that Kaspersky Anti-Virus has been able to effectively neutralise the virus for nearly a week since it was originally discovered," said Denis Zenkin, Head of Corporate Communications for Kaspersky Lab.
Technical details about the I-Worm.BleBla are available on Kaspersky Virus Encyclopedia.
