Description
(known as Christmas Lights.EXE) is infected with a
virus which will stop your computer working on the
25th of December. When the program 'Christmas
Lights.EXE' is executed a set of lights appears across
the top of the screen and an icon in the taskbar
allows a 'Holiday Lights' control panel to be brought
up.
At the time of writing Sophos researchers have not
encountered an infected copy of this program. However,
it is perfectly feasible for it to be infected by a
virus at a later date and redistributed (either
deliberately or accidentally) via email.
Sophos recommends companies consider a rule of not
allowing users to receive and send executable files,
without authorization. Users may complain that they
are no longer able to share computer games, greetings
cards and 'amusing' joke programs but it will reduce
their chances of being infected by a computer virus.