What do W32.Amirecivel, Trojan.Lootseek.AV, W32.Areses.F@mm, Trojan.Boetac and W32.Mytob.PO@mm all have in common?
They're viruses that were discovered infecting computers in the first week of May, according to Symantec's Antivirus Research Center.
On a personal computer, viruses can replicate themselves into the machine's registry repeatedly as the machine is rebooted to obstruct the machine's performance.
Not even mobile devices are safe now.
A Feb. 2006 article on IDG News Service alerted consumers to a virus that jumps from your computer to your PDA. The virus waits for a connection through Microsoft ActiveSync, "copies itself to the device, and if the device is running the Windows CE or Mobile OS, all files are erased in the My Documents directory," the story says.
There's a wealth of information on the net regarding viruses, and Symantec maintains a virus encyclopedia at its online antivirus research center, securityresponse.symantec.com.