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.
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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.
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.
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.
These worms will crash vulnerable Windows 2000 and Windows XP machines.
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