Post by ghost on May 4, 2004 0:15:24 GMT 7
Pls take note of this new virus...it's not the last year's Blaster worm virus(i think it's worse!)....update your Anti-Virus software & also update your Windows too. And this email is send to me via my company's software engineers to update me on the new deadly virus.Do take note.....
Fast-spreading Net virus targets Microsoft systems
STOCKHOLM -- A new Internet worm that attacks computers with certain Microsoft operating systems by shutting them down was spreading rapidly on Sunday and was expected to culminate on Monday when people return to work, experts said.
'The problem seems to be getting worse,' Mikko Hyppoenen, an anti-virus expert at Finnish internet security firm F-Secure, said on Sunday from Helsinki, adding that millions of computers worldwide may have been affected by the Sasser worm.
NEW INTERNET VIRUS
THE Sasser worm typically shuts down the computer then automatically reboots it, repeating the procedure several times. While inconvenient, the worm was otherwise harmless and experts said it was relatively simple to destroy by installing a Microsoft security patch. The Sasser worm can infect any computer using Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. Unlike most other worms or viruses it is not spread by e-mail, and it is enough for the computer to be switched on and connected to an Internet service provider for it to be affected. Sasser, which scans millions of IP addresses every minute for a security hole in Microsoft's software, is the third wave of major Internet viruses to be launched this year, after Mydoom.A, which spread in January, and Bagle.B, in February. --
'We don't know how big this is going to be but we expect things to get much worse on Monday when people bring their laptops in to the office after the weekend,' he said.
Since laptops are not protected by company firewall systems if used on another server than the company's, they would run the risk of being infected, and in turn infect the company's network when used in the office.
Mr Hyppoenen said South Korea was probably hardest hit by the worm because it has the highest density of high-speed ADSL Internet connections in the world, where users have a constant Internet connection.
He said that there are a lot of small offices and homes there that probably do not have firewalls and these will be most affected.
Microsoft, the Redmond, Washington-based software giant, has issued a 'patch' that protects computers by 'patching the hole' in the company's existing security net, and can be accessed through Microsoft's online update service.
Symantec spokesman Mike Bradshaw said the Sasser worm was first discovered on Wednesday evening and through Saturday afternoon the company had fewer than 100 'suspicious file' reports from its customers, 21 of them from corporations. -- AFP, AP
Fast-spreading Net virus targets Microsoft systems
STOCKHOLM -- A new Internet worm that attacks computers with certain Microsoft operating systems by shutting them down was spreading rapidly on Sunday and was expected to culminate on Monday when people return to work, experts said.
'The problem seems to be getting worse,' Mikko Hyppoenen, an anti-virus expert at Finnish internet security firm F-Secure, said on Sunday from Helsinki, adding that millions of computers worldwide may have been affected by the Sasser worm.
NEW INTERNET VIRUS
THE Sasser worm typically shuts down the computer then automatically reboots it, repeating the procedure several times. While inconvenient, the worm was otherwise harmless and experts said it was relatively simple to destroy by installing a Microsoft security patch. The Sasser worm can infect any computer using Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. Unlike most other worms or viruses it is not spread by e-mail, and it is enough for the computer to be switched on and connected to an Internet service provider for it to be affected. Sasser, which scans millions of IP addresses every minute for a security hole in Microsoft's software, is the third wave of major Internet viruses to be launched this year, after Mydoom.A, which spread in January, and Bagle.B, in February. --
'We don't know how big this is going to be but we expect things to get much worse on Monday when people bring their laptops in to the office after the weekend,' he said.
Since laptops are not protected by company firewall systems if used on another server than the company's, they would run the risk of being infected, and in turn infect the company's network when used in the office.
Mr Hyppoenen said South Korea was probably hardest hit by the worm because it has the highest density of high-speed ADSL Internet connections in the world, where users have a constant Internet connection.
He said that there are a lot of small offices and homes there that probably do not have firewalls and these will be most affected.
Microsoft, the Redmond, Washington-based software giant, has issued a 'patch' that protects computers by 'patching the hole' in the company's existing security net, and can be accessed through Microsoft's online update service.
Symantec spokesman Mike Bradshaw said the Sasser worm was first discovered on Wednesday evening and through Saturday afternoon the company had fewer than 100 'suspicious file' reports from its customers, 21 of them from corporations. -- AFP, AP
