A novel new virus has been uncovered by security researchers at Sophos.

Identified as "W32/Induct-A", this virus has a new bag of tricks previously unseen in the ever-changing world of malware. W/32Induct-A has the ability to recognize any raw computer code (written in the programming language Delphi) on a computer, and copy itself into the code, to be complied into the finished executable file unseen.

Delphi is most often used for database programs. So, for example, if an accounting application programmer who works with Delphi became infected with this virus and didn't know it, all of his new accounting programs he or she would finish on the infected computer would then carry the virus, and would be sent out with all new programs they made -- possibly to thousands of clients or customers. Furthermore, due to the nature of the virus and how many software development teams work, W/32Induct-A would have a strong chance of being swapped around by the programmers.

The virus has been detected about 3000 times now, by Sophos.

In an interesting twist on this already interesting virus, Sophos has found cases were W/32Induct-A has infected banking Trojan horses -- often which are written in Delphi. W/32Induct-A would not help the banking Trojans out, so it is thought that the writers of the Trojans were infected by W/32Induct-A without knowing it.