GlenJohnson
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Got this from Panda. Looks like two virus writers are going to war.
Variants D, B and C of Netsky, and E and C of Bagle
are still spreading rapidly and infecting a large number of computers. These threats are now accompanied by Mydoom.A which, after causing a worldwide epidemic in January, is once again generating incidents around the globe. According to data collected by PandaLabs, thousands of computers in corporate environments are currently infected by these malicious code and
millions of e-mail infected by one of these worms are in circulation. This situation is made worse by the constant appearance of new variants, such as J and K of Bagle, and variant G of Mydoom. The code of these new
variants include messages aimed at the author of Netsky that criticize this worm and challenge the Netsky author to a war. The latest variant of Netsky to emerge is F, which accepts the challenge of these malicious code.
"This is the first time," explains Luis Corrons, PandaLabs manager, "that confrontation between virus authors has been so clearly demonstrated. For this reason and due to virus authors' thirst for attention, we can expect
new variants to appear that will try to steal the spotlight."
Data collected by Panda ActiveScan, Panda Software's free, online antivirus, shows that over the last few hours, Netsky.D was the culprit in over three percent of incidents, followed by Netky.B (with over two percent), Mydoom.A, Netsky.C, Nachi.B, Bagle.E, Bagle.C, Mydoom.F, Bagle.F and Bagle.H. Referring to the dominance of these new viruses in the Top Ten viruses that are having the biggest impact worldwide, Luis Corrons highlights "the
important change that they are causing. Up until now", he explains, "the first few positions in the ranking were occupied by malicious code that have been around for a few months. However, it is now variants of worms that have
emerged over the last few days that are heading the list, which demonstrates just how dangerous they are. For this reason", he concludes, "it is more important than ever to ensure that you have an effective and updated antivirus installed that is capable of detecting these new malicious code that are infecting computers worldwide."
Panda Software has already made the updates to its products available to its clients to ensure their solutions can detect and eliminate these worms.
Those whose software is not configured to update automatically, should update their solutions from Similarly, users
can also detect and disinfect these and other malicious codes using the free, online antivirus, Panda ActiveScan, which is also available on the company's website at
Glen A. Johnson
If you're from Northern Illinois/Southern Wisconsin check out Tek-Tips in Chicago, Illinois Forum.
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Variants D, B and C of Netsky, and E and C of Bagle
are still spreading rapidly and infecting a large number of computers. These threats are now accompanied by Mydoom.A which, after causing a worldwide epidemic in January, is once again generating incidents around the globe. According to data collected by PandaLabs, thousands of computers in corporate environments are currently infected by these malicious code and
millions of e-mail infected by one of these worms are in circulation. This situation is made worse by the constant appearance of new variants, such as J and K of Bagle, and variant G of Mydoom. The code of these new
variants include messages aimed at the author of Netsky that criticize this worm and challenge the Netsky author to a war. The latest variant of Netsky to emerge is F, which accepts the challenge of these malicious code.
"This is the first time," explains Luis Corrons, PandaLabs manager, "that confrontation between virus authors has been so clearly demonstrated. For this reason and due to virus authors' thirst for attention, we can expect
new variants to appear that will try to steal the spotlight."
Data collected by Panda ActiveScan, Panda Software's free, online antivirus, shows that over the last few hours, Netsky.D was the culprit in over three percent of incidents, followed by Netky.B (with over two percent), Mydoom.A, Netsky.C, Nachi.B, Bagle.E, Bagle.C, Mydoom.F, Bagle.F and Bagle.H. Referring to the dominance of these new viruses in the Top Ten viruses that are having the biggest impact worldwide, Luis Corrons highlights "the
important change that they are causing. Up until now", he explains, "the first few positions in the ranking were occupied by malicious code that have been around for a few months. However, it is now variants of worms that have
emerged over the last few days that are heading the list, which demonstrates just how dangerous they are. For this reason", he concludes, "it is more important than ever to ensure that you have an effective and updated antivirus installed that is capable of detecting these new malicious code that are infecting computers worldwide."
Panda Software has already made the updates to its products available to its clients to ensure their solutions can detect and eliminate these worms.
Those whose software is not configured to update automatically, should update their solutions from Similarly, users
can also detect and disinfect these and other malicious codes using the free, online antivirus, Panda ActiveScan, which is also available on the company's website at
Glen A. Johnson
If you're from Northern Illinois/Southern Wisconsin check out Tek-Tips in Chicago, Illinois Forum.
TTinChicago
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