Re: [Internet Safety] New E-Mail Worm Targets Hole in Internet Explorer

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I have been getting 120 e-mails a day for the past two days -- almost all
viral. Norton deletes them.

"Dzuyen" <dzuyen75 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

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New E-Mail Worm Targets Hole in Internet Explorer

Thu Sep 18, 7:44 PM ET
Technology - Reuters

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Anti-virus companies warned on Thursday
of a new computer worm circulating through e-mail that purports to
be security software from Microsoft Corp. but actually tries to
disable security programs that are already running.

The worm, dubbed "Swen" or "Gibe," takes advantage of a two-year-old
hole in Internet Explorer and affects systems that have not installed
a patch for that security hole, according to Internet security
company Network Associates Inc..

The malicious program arrives as an attachment to an e-mail
pretending to contain a patch for holes in Internet Explorer,
Outlook and Outlook Express and then mails itself off to addresses
located on the victim's computer.

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