Govt's plan to counter computer virus Blackworm

New Delhi, Aug 2: The government today told the Lok Sabha that it has worked out an action plan to counter the computer virus Blackworm known as 'Kamsutra".

Minister of State for Information Technology Shakel Ahmad said in written reply that the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-in) established by the Department of Information Technology has published an advisory to clean and take preventive measures against this worm on its website and alerted IT users in the country.

Mr Ahmad, however, said the effect of Blacrworm computer in the country was not signifcant.

He said CERT-in has alerted all the Government Departments, Defence, Public Sector and Private Sector Organisations to immediately apply the necessary countermeasures for countering this computer virus threat. CERT-In has received compliance reports from most of the organisations, he said.

UNI