Warning of Souber-N
virus
4 May, 2005 CNN reported:
New e-mail worm is spreading
.
The computer worm, known as Sober-N, was
identified on Monday, and has been spreading dramatically. Sober-N is spreading
in both English and German, with the German version disguised as a successful confirmation
of a ticket order to the 2006 World Cup, among the biggest sporting events in the
world. Computer users are asked to click on an attachment for more information.
The English version is not soccer related, instead it implies that there is some
problem with the user's e-mail that needs to be addressed, by clicking the attachment.
But in either language, that click will instead trigger the worm to harvest all
the e-mail addresses on that computer, and send the same message to everyone on
it. Sober-N is unlike other computer worms and viruses that carry malicious payloads,
capable of stealing passwords or deleting files. "The only thing that is going to
happen is, it's going to dramatically slow things down on your computer. "
New virus warning!
11 Nov 2004
Warning of new Mydoom
worm
9 Sep, 2004 CNN Money reported:
McAfee says new e-mail worm spreads
via Web links; Microsoft looks into the threat it poses.
"If you take a normal Windows PC and connect
to the Internet, you will be infected in 10 minutes (without protection)," Mikko
Hypponen, Anti-Virus research director at Finnish data security firm F-Secure, told
Reuters.
The new version is a mass-mailing worm
that does not contain an attachment, as some earlier versions of the worm program
have done. A worm is a self-replicating computer program that -- like a computer
virus -- can cause damage to a computer's software by attaching itself to programs.
The new Mydoom e-mail messages direct users to click on a link, directing them to
an infected machine. Following the hyperlink results in an infection occurring on
the target victim's system.
Other wirus warnings: 3
May 2004
Monday, May 3, 2004 CNN reported:
HELSINKI, Finland (Reuters) --
The fast-spreading "Sasser" computer worm has infected hundreds of thousands of
PCs globally and the number could rise sharply, a top computer security official
said on Monday.
"If you take a normal Windows PC and connect
to the Internet, you will be infected in 10 minutes (without protection)," Mikko
Hypponen, Anti-Virus research director at Finnish data security firm F-Secure, told
Reuters.
Other wirus warnings:
17 March 2004
Please be advised that a number of security
alerts have been released by anti-virus providers for:
W32/Polybot.l!
3/17/2004
Spy-Idwi
3/17/2004
W32/Netsky.o@MM 3/17/2004
QDial16 3/16/2004
W32/Bagle.p@MM 3/15/2004
W32/Netsky.n@MM 3/15/2004
