The attachment is coded in a way that might lead some people to think they are clicking on a JPEG, or picture file. That is information needed by the computer to recognize hardware when booting up. If that is erased, the virus renders the computer inoperable. He said most anti-virus software should protect against it, but said unprotected computer users might be in trouble if they click on the Jennifer Lopez attachment. We do not expect it to go far.
Most corporate customers have security procedures in place to filter out .VBS attachments.
We are warning our residential customers to be aware of e-mails with these attachments. They try to trick the user into running the worm or the virus. Maybe the virus writer thought Jennifer Lopez has a bigger following than Anna Kournikova. According to Hartmann, a small anti-virus vendor in Romania received the original virus sample from the virus writer, who was hoping to get noticed.