Google accidentally sends out e-mail worm

Google on Tuesday inadvertently sent the Kama Sutra e-mail worm to the 50,000 subscribers of a Google Video e-mail group.

The postings were made in an e-mail list for the Google Video blog. Some of these posts may have contained a virus called W32/Kapser.A@mm--a mass-mailing worm, better known as the Kama Sutra worm. Google apologizes for the incident.

Kama Sutra was designed to overwrite files on infected computers on a specific date. However, the worm, which spread under the guise of pornographic content, caused virtually no damage.