Kaspersky Lab warns users of the continued discovery of variations of the Internet-worm Hybris. Kaspersky Lab, along with other major anti-virus software developers, has been receiving reports of the discovery of this virus "in the wild" worldwide in many different variations, being particularly active in Latin America although infections by this virus have also been found in Europe. The first version of this Internet worm was discovered by Kaspersky Lab and several other anti-virus software developers at the end of September and was classified as a low risk malicious program. However, within the last few days, the company has been inundated by reports from users whose computers have been infected by this virus. At this moment, Kaspersky Lab has discovered five versions of Hybris, and it is expected that new variations will be found in the near future. The Internet worm Hybris spreads by attaching itself to infected e-mails and works only under MS Windows. When the recipient executes the attached file, Hybris infects the host PC. The procedure for infection is typical for this type of malicious program and is performed in a similar way to the Happy or MTX viruses.
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