Unlike the United States, Australia seems largely unaffected by the recent plague of malware that is exploiting a vulnerability in Windows 2000.
Antivirus firms have urged affected users to patch their systems immediately after a new worm was discovered over the weekend that exploits a critical vulnerability in some Windows platforms.
Havoc caused by variants of the Zotob worm could have been far worse had they not contained 'flaws', security companies said.
The recent surge in worms could be part of an underground battle to hijack computers for use in Internet crimes, some security experts say -- but others aren't convinced.
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