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Businesses continue to be lax about taking basic practical steps to stop e-mail worms wreaking havoc with their networks, according to anti-virus experts.
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Although it's still at the top of the ranks in infection rates, Klez isn't the only worm companies should be worried about.
Businesses continue to be lax about taking basic practical steps to stop e-mail worms wreaking havoc with their networks, according to anti-virus experts.
You may have noticed a recent increase in scanning on TCP port 1433 across your network. This is not due to manual hacking attempts but an automated worm called SQLSnake that's looking to compromise Microsoft SQL servers.
Although it's still at the top of the ranks in infection rates, Klez isn't the only worm companies should be worried about.
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