‘Here you Have’ Virus Hits U.S. Hard

A nefarious new computer virus embedded in emails containing the subject “Here You have” hit the U.S. hard on Thursday.

The virus has already affected companies like ABC/Disney, Google, Coca Cola and NASA.

Comcast was even forced to totally shut down its email servers after being hit with the virus, according to a spokesperson on Twitter.

“Apparently, this virus (if you click on it) will pooch your PC if you shut it off if you’re infected,” she added.

One of those hit with the virus was Good Morning America weatherman Sam Champion. He tweeted that a “huge email-spam-virus” was “filling up” his ABC email inbox.

According to Disney, the virus struck there at around 2 p.m. EDT.

Infected emails contain a link that seems to be a PDF file. Rather than a PDF, however, the file contains a script that will infect your system with a virus and spam your entire contact list.

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