A new mass mailing worm has begun spreading through Australia, and despite its lack of social smarts, is still managing to spread rapidly - partly because there is no virus signature for it.
Network security company ISS is likely to face embarrassing questions from its customers following the discovery of new worm Saturday exploiting flaws in its software.
There's nothing new about the latest Internet worm, Shakira (vbs.vbswg-aq@mm). An e-mail message allegedly containing photos of the Grammy-winning Colombian rock star will instead launch a flood of infected copies on other users of Microsoft Outlook or IRC.
Another Internet worm, dubbed Netsky.D, has been spreading quickly throughout the world since yesterday, clogging e-mail systems and threatening to break the MyDoom record in its contamination speed.
The newest variant of the SoBig worm, SoBig.D, doesn't represent a serious threat, despite claims to the contrary, according to Computer Associate's manager of virus research Jakub Kaminski.
One big reason viruses are still rampant on the Net: Too many people don't use antivirus software. The way to get them to change their ways is to make that software free.
A new mass mailing worm has begun spreading through Australia, and despite its lack of social smarts, is still managing to spread rapidly - partly because there is no virus signature for it.
Australian businesses are being warned to install patches and signature files to protect against a worm variant which has surfaced in the US and Europe.
The latest e-mail worm disguises itself as a ZIP file of steamy photos from the beach. MiMail.c (w32.mimail.c@mm) is the third variant of the MiMail virus family, and so far the fastest spreading.
These worms will crash vulnerable Windows 2000 and Windows XP machines.
One big reason viruses are still rampant on the Net: Too many people don't use antivirus software. The way to get them to change their ways is to make that software free.
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