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.
The plug-and-play vulnerability that caused havoc for Windows 2000 users last week also holds a serious risk for some Windows XP users, Microsoft said on Tuesday.
Law enforcement officials have arrested two men suspected of unleashing of a pair of computer worms, including last week's Zotob, which hit servers at Holden, American Express, The New York Times and elsewhere.
Unlike the United States, Australia seems largely unaffected by the recent plague of malware that is exploiting a vulnerability in Windows 2000.
Fewer businesses fell victim to the Zotob worm that struck corporate networks than previous attacks, but those it hit paid dearly, according to a new survey.
Zotob.E, Tpbot-A, Rbot.CBQ and IRCbot.worm: all names given to a single worm that wreaked havoc in Windows 2000 systems last month. Among the plethora of identifiers, perhaps the most useful -- CME-540 -- didn't make an impact.
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