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 W32.Sasser.Worm, Computer Security Threat |
  May 2 2004, 02:15 AM
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W32.Sasser.Worm
Discovered on: April 30, 2004 If you find your PC slowing down to a crawl you might have the W32.Sasser.Worm running amuck on your system. Check your "Processes", there should be something called avserve.exe running... ...mutters something about Windows computers... I haven't come across this myself thankfully, but if you are a Windows user you might want to get patched up just in case: Microsoft patch: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/...n/MS04-011.mspx More information: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcen...asser.worm.html http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp...al_instructions This worm isn't one you get from opening email attachments, it randomly selects IP addresses to attempt infections, the patch will in theory provide a shield against these intrusions... While on the topic of vulnerabilities, please make sure that you have a software or hardware firewall running (if possible) when you're online. I might write a short tutorial on network security at some later stage. Further details: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp This post has been edited by Ryan: May 3 2004, 07:18 PM -------------------- "Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."
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