A new(ish) virus running around out there self-injects itself into the source code of any Delphi program it finds on a system. It compiles itself into the code and then goes off in its new carrier program to infect others.
Sophos has recieve over 3000 unique files with the virus which means it probably isn't all that new -- and probably infected some major software houses. Some of the infected files have been malicious code themselves -- meaning the malware author(s) were infected themselves!
Other than spreading itself around, the virus doesn't do anything else -- but the possibilty of a truly malicious virus using the same technique to spread is there.
Most AV scanners are detecting this now -- so as usual, make sure your antivirus is up to date :)
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