A destructive new worm that destroys antivirus software on infected computers was slowly spreading Wednesday.
A virus that monitors a PC's network connections and sends itself in response to any incoming email has apparently failed to spread, despite, or because of, warnings issued by several major antivirus software makers.
W32badtrans@mn is in the wild and causing problems in Australia.
As though we needed another warning to always update our software, there's a new worm on the Internet that takes advantage of an Office 2000 security flaw that Microsoft patched last year.
Yet another worm has cleverly taken advantage of a well-publicised and already patched vulnerability in Internet Explorer by offering an e-mail message that sounds legitimate to frequent Internet users.
For the early adopters who have installed Microsoft Office 2003, there is an important update that you need to be aware of. Also, the MiMail worm is beginning to forge a destructive path. See how to cut it off at the pass.
See how Netsky, Bagle, and Mydoom variants have been causing havoc for corporate mail systems and learn how to blunt their attacks. Additional reading: Antivirus Resource Centre
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