'Porn' worm sent to 50,000 after Google blunder

As more and more Americans get onto the Internet through high-speed broadband connections, viral videos have surged in popularity for their crazy-fun content, driving traffic to places like YouTube and Google Video.

Apparently Google took the term "viral video" too literally on Tuesday.

According to Silicon.com,

Google on Tuesday inadvertently sent the Kama Sutra mass email worm to 50,000 subscribers of a Google Video email group.

In a note on its website apologising for the incident, Google said: "Some of these posts may have contained a virus called W32/Kapser.A@mm - a mass-mailing worm."

W32/Kapser.A is better known as the Kama Sutra worm. Some antivirus companies raised an alarm about the threat in February but it ultimately shrivelled. Kama Sutra was designed to overwrite files on infected computers on a specific date. Fortunately, the worm, which spread under the guise of pornographic content, caused virtually "no damage", according to Google assessments.

Something to think about: a worm being emailed under "the guise of pornographic content". Does your teen search Google Video or YouTube content for porn? Or receive porn email? Is your computer vulnerable to virus and worm attacks from disguised porn your teen downloads on your home computer?

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