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 Sasser Worm Strikes PCs, Spurs Hoax 'Fix'
Posted on Tuesday, May 04 @ 08:02:53 PDT by Paws
A fast-spreading computer worm called "Sasser" hit personal computers around the world on Monday, causing infected systems to reboot without warning and disrupting banking and other business in one of the biggest virus-like attacks on the Internet since last summer.
By Monday afternoon, computer security companies were also warning of a new twist on the virus: an email, claiming to be from an antivirus company with an attachment purporting to fix Sasser infections, that was actually a new form of the widespread, email-clogging Netsky virus.
"I think this is more likely to hit home users than businesses," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos, adding that those at the most risk were people who had not installed a personal firewall. "They're basically going out there with a sign on their head saying 'punch me."
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Re: Sasser Worm Strikes PCs, Spurs Hoax 'Fix' (Score: 1)
by Webster on Wednesday, May 05 @ 06:37:23 PDT
(User Info | Send a Message | Journal) | | We have a firewall, but some moron opened port 445 to our server. Bah! |
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