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Title: Medium Risk Virus Alert - WORM_WALLON.A Post by crobin57 on May 11th, 2004, 11:48pm Hi m8's ;D Here we go again; I had 2 emails one from Trend Micro Systems and at the same time 1 from Microsoft. Trend First: As of May 11, 2004, 8:54 AM (GMT -07:00; Daylight Saving Time), TrendLabs has declared a Medium Risk Virus Alert to control the spread of WORM_WALLON.A. TrendLabs has received Several infection reports indicating that this malware is spreading in Germany and EMEA. This mass-mailing worm exploits certain vulnerabilities found on Windows systems. More information about these vulnerabilities can be found on the following Web sites: MS04-004: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-004.mspx http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=MS_IE_VULNERABILITIES MS04-013: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-013.mspx http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=MS04-013_MS_OUTLOOK_EXPRESS This worm exploits these vulnerabilities in order to download various files into the infected system. TrendLabs will be releasing the following EPS deliverables: TMCM Outbreak Prevention Policy 114 Official Pattern Release 889 Damage Cleanup Template 341 For more information on WORM_WALLON.A, you can visit our Web site at: http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_WALLON.A You can modify subscription settings for Trend Micro newsletters at: http://www.trendmicro.com/subscriptions/default.asp ________________________________________________________________________ Ok there is a link for Microsoft usefull it will scan for Sasser Varriants from this link http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp Half way down the page there is a "Check my PC for Infections". |
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